Re: Auto Fill Comments

[Christopher Dimech]

To help with the discussion, read this message from Richard.  Properly working
examples are very important.

Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things.
From:   Richard Stallman
Subject:        Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things.
Date:   Mon, 21 Dec 2015 00:04:21 -0500

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> It matches anything (like a variable) but does not actually bind a variable.

Alas, that's the half of the answer that I already knew.
What I don't know is, how do you _write_ the use of _?
That seemed self-contradictory in the text that was posted.

Can someone show me some properly working examples of _ in pcase
and say what they do?

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> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2020 at 8:33 PM
> From: "Michael Heerdegen" <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
>
> Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:
>
> > > Then you could make something between Tutorial and Emacs Manual.
> >
> > Fair enough.  Deal then.
>
> I have thought we could have something in the form of an FAQ list, with
> questions often asked here.  It could offer references to the manuals we
> have, but it would not have the form of a manual, it would just be a
> collection of entry points coming from typical tasks a user is
> confronted with.  That would also make it easy to write and maintain.
>
> And I think, not only would it be good if maintainers (Eli, in
> particular) would be completely out, it would even be best if it would
> be completely created by normal users, with a bit of review help by the
> experts.
>
> Michael.
>
>
>