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bug#21315: 25.0.50; doc of `kill-ring-save', `copy-region-as-kill' - bad
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#21315: 25.0.50; doc of `kill-ring-save', `copy-region-as-kill' - bad |
Date: |
Sun, 6 Dec 2015 08:54:44 -0800 (PST) |
> say this:
> The optional argument REGION non-nil means to ignore BEG and END and
> copy the region instead.
Yes.
(But I think we usually phrase that as: "Non-nil optional argument
REGION means...".)
> Also, we should tell that this distinction is only relevant to
> invoking these functions from Lisp programs, not interactively.
Yes.
From Lisp, non-nil optional argument REGION means...
> As for the argument, AFAICT it makes no difference in interactive
> usage.
Yes, it is always non-nil interactively: `prefix-numeric-value'
never returns nil.
> Does documenting the above clarify the issue?
Yes, I think so. Thx.