bug#32047: 26.1; Misleading/confusing text about `C-k' in TUTORIAL

[Filipp Gunbin]

On 11/07/2018 19:12 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson)
>> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:34:33 -0400
>>
>> 414 >> Move the cursor to the beginning of a line which is not empty.
>> 415    Then type C-k to kill the text on that line.
>> 416 >> Type C-k a second time.  You'll see that it kills the Newline
>> 417    which follows that line.
>> 418
>> 419 Note that a single C-k kills the contents of the line, and a second
>> 420 C-k kills the line itself, and makes all the other lines move up.  C-k
>> 421 treats a numeric argument specially: it kills that many lines AND
>> 422 their contents.  This is not mere repetition.  C-u 2 C-k kills two
>> 423 lines and their Newlines; typing C-k twice would not do that.
>>
>> The example(s) given in Lines 414 to 417 are correct. But the
>> sentence beginning on Line 419 is misleading. It is only true
>> when point is at the beginning of the line.
>
> But in this case, point _is_ at the beginning of the line, isn't it?
> So I wonder whether it is worth it to complicate the text just for
> accuracy's sake?
>
> What do others think?

I think the doc is clear and cannot see what's so special about the
beginning of line..

Maybe an example would help.

Filipp