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bug#15069: Introduction to Elisp 14.3: Function 'count-words-defun' does
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#15069: Introduction to Elisp 14.3: Function 'count-words-defun' does not work as described. |
Date: |
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:44:50 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
pillule <pillule@riseup.net> writes:
>> So why did you think it speaks about the text in the Info buffer?
>> That's not the intent of the text, and the text says as much.
[...]
> (info "(eintr) Buffer Names")
> « If you are reading this in Info inside of GNU Emacs, you can
> evaluate
> each of the following expressions by positioning the cursor after it
> and
> typing ‘C-x C-e’.»
>
> Finally the section :
>
> (info "(eintr) count-words-in-defun")
> « Now we can try out ‘count-words-defun’: install both
> ‘count-words-in-defun’ and ‘count-words-defun’, and set the
> keybinding,
> and then place the cursor within the following definition:»
> ^_____________________________^
>
> So I can understand one may be confused to discover that in this case,
> he or she must instead copy the following definition in a separate
> file,
> then call the command `count-words-in-defun' within it.
I agree -- I read the section now, and `C-x C-e'-d the definitions as
expected (in the *info* buffer), and then I naturally tried the `C-c ='
command in the *info* buffer too -- which failed.
So I've installed a clarification along the lines suggested by pillule
in Emacs 28.
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