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32 character max length for apropos doc strings

#99465
From: Frank P. Bresz
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 1990 00:35
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In GNU Emacs 18.55.8 of Tue Jul 31 1990 on ittc (berkeley-unix)

Hi,

	I was just in gnus reading articles and discovered the 'N' key
binding while in the *Subject* buffer.  I decided to see if there were any
other kinds of next article functions lying around.  So I tried

M-x apropos next.*article

Below is what I received in the *Help* buffer.  I looked through both .c
and .el files trying to uncover the source of the mysterious 32 character
limit on function names appearing in apropos doc strings but I couldn't
find any.  Is it hiding from me,  i.e. is this truly a limit.  If so why,
if not am I just brain-damaged.

Contents of *Help* buffer.

gnus-Subject-next-article     N
  Function: Select article after current one.
gnus-Subject-next-unread-articlen
  Function: Select unread article after current one.

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From: fpb@ittc.wec.com (Frank P. Bresz)
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Subject: 32 character max length for apropos doc strings
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Date: 16 Aug 90 00:35:44 GMT
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Posted: Thu Aug 16 01:35:44 1990