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bug#33339: 26; doc string of `write-file`
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#33339: 26; doc string of `write-file` |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Nov 2018 08:55:25 -0800 (PST) |
> > "If you specify just a directory name as FILENAME, that means to use
> > the default file name but in that directory. You can also yank
> > the default file name into the minibuffer to edit it, using M-n."
> >
> > "The default file name" is undefined.
>
> It is defined by the very next paragraph of the doc string.
Yes, things are out of order.
> I made it even more clear.
Thank you.
> > To start with, the doc string should say that it prompts for a file
> > name. If the current buffer is visiting a file then that file's name
> > is the default file name for reading. Otherwise the buffer name is the
> > default file name for reading.
>
> This is incorrect when the user specifies just the directory name at
> the prompt. I clarified that only the base name is taken from the
> buffer.
Thanks.