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24.0.50; (emacs) Rectangles in Picture: incorrect doc

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; (emacs) Rectangles in Picture: incorrect doc
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:55:47 -0800

1. For C-c C-k it says: "With argument, delete the text."
It should say "With a prefix argument, delete the text."
 
2. It says:
"However, deletion of rectangles can be useful in Picture mode, so these
commands delete the rectangle if given a numeric argument.  `C-c C-k'
                                         ^^^^^^^
either with or without a numeric argument..."
                         ^^^^^^^
 
That should say "if given a prefix argument...with or without a prefix
argument".  The prefix argument need not be numeric - plain `C-u' works
fine.
 
FWIW, I've noticed this same mistake in other places in the manuals (and
have reported it when I noticed).  You might want to check for this
problem generally.  Someone writing some parts of the manual seems to be
confused about prefix arguments.
 

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-11-09 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
 

Message #12 received at 7391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7391: 24.0.50; (emacs) Rectangles in Picture: incorrect doc
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:40:49 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> 1. For C-c C-k it says: "With argument, delete the text."
> It should say "With a prefix argument, delete the text."
>
> 2. It says:
> "However, deletion of rectangles can be useful in Picture mode, so these
> commands delete the rectangle if given a numeric argument.  `C-c C-k'
>                                          ^^^^^^^
> either with or without a numeric argument..."
>                          ^^^^^^^
>
> That should say "if given a prefix argument...with or without a prefix
> argument".  The prefix argument need not be numeric - plain `C-u' works
> fine.

Ok; fixed.

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