bug#42430: closed (26.3; Document `ring-next' and `ring-previous' in (elisp) Rings)

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regarding 26.3; Document `ring-next' and `ring-previous' in (elisp) Rings
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> 26.3; Document `ring-next' and `ring-previous' in (elisp) Rings
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> Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:32:52 +0000 (UTC)
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> See this question:
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> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/59726/105
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> As the asker notes, the doc refers to ring "rotation", but it says
> nothing about how to rotate the ring (cycle to the next/previous
> element.
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> In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
>  of 2019-08-29
> Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>  --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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> Re: bug#42430: 26.3; Document `ring-next' and `ring-previous' in (elisp) Rings
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> Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:55:37 +0300
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> > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:32:52 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
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> > See this question:
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> > https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/59726/105
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> > As the asker notes, the doc refers to ring "rotation", but it says
> > nothing about how to rotate the ring (cycle to the next/previous
> > element.
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> The manual says:
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>      For yanking, one entry in the kill ring is designated the front of
>   the ring.  Some yank commands rotate the ring by designating a different
>   element as the front.  But this virtual rotation doesn’t change the list
>   itself—the most recent entry always comes first in the list.
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> That's all.  I don't see any reason to expand this description of a
> "virtual rotation", since that would require bringing many internal
> details into the ELisp manual, with no apparent gain.
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> So I'm closing this bug.
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