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Article #820doc bug for scroll-other-window
From: Joe Wells
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 11:26
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 11:26
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The documentation string for the scroll-other-window function lies. In,
the minibuffer, the value of the variable minibuffer-scroll-window is
consulted first. Also, the first line of the documentation string was too
long to fit in an 80 column apropos display. Here is a patch.
Enjoy,
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>
Member of the League for Programming Freedom --- send e-mail for details
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--- emacs/jjj/emacs-18.58.94/src/window.c Thu Jun 25 14:07:36 1992
+++ window.c Sun Oct 4 15:23:35 1992
@@ -1466,10 +1466,11 @@
}
DEFUN ("scroll-other-window", Fscroll_other_window, Sscroll_other_window, 0, 1, "P",
- "Scroll text of next window upward ARG lines; or near full screen if no ARG.\n\
+ "Scroll next window upward ARG lines; or near full screen if no ARG.\n\
The next window is the one below the current one; or the one at the top\n\
-if the current one is at the bottom.\n\
-When calling from a program, supply a number as argument or nil.")
+if the current one is at the bottom. In the minibuffer, if the variable\n\
+minibuffer-scroll-window has a value that is a window, that window is used\n\
+instead. When calling from a program, supply a number as argument or nil.")
(n)
register Lisp_Object n;
{
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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!bigbird.bu.edu!jbw From: jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells) Subject: doc bug for scroll-other-window Message-ID: <9210041926.AA00711@bigbird.bu.edu> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Distribution: gnu Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 11:26:45 GMT Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 29