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27.1; Error in Indirect buffers commands in the manual

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Reported by: Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net>

Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.1; Error in Indirect buffers commands  in the manual
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:35:07 +0000


The manual as it is now
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Indirect-Buffers.html
it creates wrong  expectations
regarding M-x clone-indirect-buffer RET
and 'C-x 4 c'
Not that we have two commands doing the same due to default values to
DISPLAY-FLAG but that one will create a cloned buffer in the same window
and the other in another window.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 57753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57753: 27.1; Error in Indirect buffers commands  in the manual
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:12:34 +0200

Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net> writes:

> The manual as it is now
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Indirect-Buffers.html
> it creates wrong  expectations
> regarding M-x clone-indirect-buffer RET
> and 'C-x 4 c'
> Not that we have two commands doing the same due to default values to
> DISPLAY-FLAG but that one will create a cloned buffer in the same window
> and the other in another window.

I've now fixed the manual in Emacs 29 here -- there's no point in
mentioning both commands.  The only difference is if you have
`pop-up-windows' set to nil (the default is t) -- so by default, the
commands are identical.
bug marked as fixed in version 29.1, send any further explanations to 57753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:13:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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