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authorNoam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>2019-06-25 22:04:13 -0400
committerNoam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>2019-06-25 22:04:13 -0400
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Merge from emacs-26
e62ad04963 Fix sgml-mode handling of quotes within parens (Bug#36347) 06b35b2f92 ; * lisp/frame.el: Enhance add-variable-watcher commentary. 572e34bb6f Rename 'make-symbolic-link' argument NEWNAME to LINKNAME 04477adedc Check that length of data returned by sysctl is non-zero 81535eeadb * test/lisp/progmodes/python-tests.el (python-virt-bin): D... 9d48979ca8 Fix Python tests depending on system-type fcf6cc3177 Fix problem with wdired test when symlinks cannot be created. 4701e0663e Improve wording of documentation of click events # Conflicts: # lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el # test/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode-tests.el
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index af16b1cf4bc..66678d33915 100644
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+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -1752,12 +1752,12 @@ default file permissions (see @code{set-default-file-modes} below), if
SELinux context are not copied over in either case.
@end deffn
-@deffn Command make-symbolic-link target newname &optional ok-if-already-exists
+@deffn Command make-symbolic-link target linkname &optional ok-if-already-exists
@pindex ln
@kindex file-already-exists
This command makes a symbolic link to @var{target}, named
-@var{newname}. This is like the shell command @samp{ln -s
-@var{target} @var{newname}}. The @var{target} argument
+@var{linkname}. This is like the shell command @samp{ln -s
+@var{target} @var{linkname}}. The @var{target} argument
is treated only as a string; it need not name an existing file.
If @var{ok-if-already-exists} is an integer, indicating interactive
use, then leading @samp{~} is expanded and leading @samp{/:} is
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ If @var{target} is a relative file name, the resulting symbolic link
is interpreted relative to the directory containing the symbolic link.
@xref{Relative File Names}.
-If both @var{target} and @var{newname} have remote file name syntax,
+If both @var{target} and @var{linkname} have remote file name syntax,
and if both remote identifications are equal, the symbolic link points
to the local file name part of @var{target}.