[debbugs-tracker] bug#24663: closed (24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions')

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regarding 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions'
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> 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions'
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> Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
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> 1. Some lines are too long.  Please use fill-column=70 for ordinary
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> 2. Typo: "in turns" should be ", in turn," (no "s").
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> 3. "the thing at point" means nothing.  Thing at point means something
> only for a given type of THING.  There is not just one ("the") thing
> at point.
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> Presumably what is meant here is not a thing at point but some text
> preceding point.  It is some text before point that is completed.
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> 4. Add a comma after "nil".
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> 5. Typo: "function of no argument" should be "function of no arguments".
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> 6. " where" should be ", where:" (and that sentence is run-on (too
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> 7. "responsible to preserve" should be "responsible for preserving".
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> In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
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> Re: bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions'
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> > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > 1. Some lines are too long.  Please use fill-column=70 for ordinary
> > paragraphs.
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> Done.
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> > 2. Typo: "in turns" should be ", in turn," (no "s").
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> This was already fixed in Emacs 25.1.
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> > 3. "the thing at point" means nothing.  Thing at point means something
> > only for a given type of THING.  There is not just one ("the") thing
> > at point.
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> > Presumably what is meant here is not a thing at point but some text
> > preceding point.  It is some text before point that is completed.
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> I don't understand what are you saying here.  Sure, it's some text at
> point, but the form of that text might describe a symbol, an
> expression, a string, etc.
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> I changed that to say "the entity at point" because the rest of the
> doc string refers to that.
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> > 4. Add a comma after "nil".
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> Added.
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> > 5. Typo: "function of no argument" should be "function of no arguments".
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> Fixed.
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> > 6. " where" should be ", where:" (and that sentence is run-on (too
> > long).
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> Done.
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> > 7. "responsible to preserve" should be "responsible for preserving".
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> Done.
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> Thanks.
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