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bug#59934: 28.2; Doc strings of `(kill|delete)-matching-lines'
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Stefan Kangas |
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bug#59934: 28.2; Doc strings of `(kill|delete)-matching-lines' |
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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:48:48 -0800 |
close 59934 29.1
thanks
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The docstring of `kill-matching-lines' already says (just at the end):
>
> If you merely want to delete the lines, without adding them to
> the kill ring, the M-x flush-lines command is faster.
>
> True. What's missing there is the name correspondence/similarity.
> I think it would be more helpful if it used `M-x delete-matching-lines'.
> Following that link, a user would see that the other name for that is
> `flush-lines'.
> but the one for `delete-matching-lines'/`flush-lines' does not mention the
> kill- version.
Thanks, I fixed that on emacs-29 (commit 489bcacc7c).