bug#73049: 29.4; tab-line-mode unuseful docstring

2024-09-05 Thread Thierry Volpiatto


What tab-line-mode is supposed to do?

"Toggle display of tab line in the windows displaying the current buffer."

I couldn't figure what is a "tab line".

Could it be explained in docstring?

Thanks.


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bug#73049: 29.4; tab-line-mode unuseful docstring

2024-09-05 Thread Thierry Volpiatto
Eli Zaretskii  writes:

>> From: Thierry Volpiatto 
>> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:40:43 +
>> 
>> 
>> What tab-line-mode is supposed to do?
>> 
>> "Toggle display of tab line in the windows displaying the current buffer."
>> 
>> I couldn't figure what is a "tab line".
>> 
>> Could it be explained in docstring?
>
> Thanks, done.

Thanks.

-- 
Thierry


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