bug#60470: closed (26.3; Doc string of `recentf-keep')

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Your message dated Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:51:02 +0200
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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #60470,
regarding 26.3; Doc string of `recentf-keep'
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> 26.3; Doc string of `recentf-keep'
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> Sun, 1 Jan 2023 16:39:40 +0000
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> Please consider saying in the doc string what it means to "keep" a file
> name in the recent list.
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> The doc string goes into what it means to be a predicate, but it says
> nothing, really, about what this option means/does, because it tells you
> nothing about what "keeping" amounts to.
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> Also, a nit: when used as a noun phrase, "filename" should be "file
> name".  (When used as an adjective before a noun phrase it should be
> "file-name".  We use (should use) "filename" only in some function
> etc. names, not in the doc.
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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#60470: 26.3; Doc string of `recentf-keep'
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> Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:51:02 +0200
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> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 16:39:40 +0000
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> > Please consider saying in the doc string what it means to "keep" a file
> > name in the recent list.
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> > The doc string goes into what it means to be a predicate, but it says
> > nothing, really, about what this option means/does, because it tells you
> > nothing about what "keeping" amounts to.
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> I've rad the doc string, and I see nothing wrong with it.  In
> particular, I did find there the explanation of what "keeping" means.
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> So I'm closing this bug.
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> > Also, a nit: when used as a noun phrase, "filename" should be "file
> > name".  (When used as an adjective before a noun phrase it should be
> > "file-name".  We use (should use) "filename" only in some function
> > etc. names, not in the doc.
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> Noted.
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