bug#61609: closed (26.3; Doc strings of `just-one-space` and `delete-horizontal-space')

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`delete-horizontal-space'
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regarding 26.3; Doc strings of `just-one-space` and `delete-horizontal-space'
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> 26.3; Doc strings of `just-one-space` and `delete-horizontal-space'
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> Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:19:06 +0000
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> Please mention in the doc strings that a prefix arg is how you get the
> behavior described for the argument.  The doc strings don't seem to be
> properly written for users.
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>   just-one-space:
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>   Delete all spaces and tabs around point, leaving one space (or N spaces).
>   If N is negative, delete newlines as well, leaving -N spaces.
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>   delete-horizontal-space:
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>   Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
>   If BACKWARD-ONLY is non-nil, only delete them before point.
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> Nothing tells you that N for `just-one-space' is the numeric prefix arg
> or that BACKWARD-ONLY for `delete-horizontal-space' is the (raw) prefix
> arg.  Without checking the code users won't have a clue how to get the N
> and BACKWORD-ONLY behaviors.
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> (The descriptions in the manual do provide this info that's missing from
> the doc strings.)
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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 10.0.19044
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>  --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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> Re: bug#61609: 26.3; Doc strings of `just-one-space` and `delete-horizontal-space'
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> Sat, 18 Feb 2023 20:04:42 +0200
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> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:19:06 +0000
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> > Please mention in the doc strings that a prefix arg is how you get the
> > behavior described for the argument.  The doc strings don't seem to be
> > properly written for users.
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> Thanks, done for Emacs 29.
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