From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8853: 24.0.50; regression: doc string of `special-display-popup-frame' Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:15:24 +0200 Message-ID: <4DF726AC.5010806@gmx.at> References: <02BA37D6C63F4064B4ABD0B6984FFE91@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308043007 2329 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2011 09:16:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:16:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8853@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 11:16:34 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPje-0007oe-L9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:16:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38794 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPjd-0002Ws-KW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53117) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPjE-0002W2-G7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPj9-0005GX-I3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPj9-0005GR-6d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPj8-00050A-CN; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8853 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8853-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8853.130804293319169 (code B ref 8853); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8853) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2011 09:15:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPie-0004z8-Qm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:15:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWPid-0004yx-DC for 8853@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:15:31 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Jun 2011 09:15:24 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-57-173.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.57.173]) [62.47.57.173] by mail.gmx.net (mp011) with SMTP; 14 Jun 2011 11:15:24 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18kWcFQe88kKUJVRZ/YDXxj3EiupeYYZ7c/r/Jcqd 7URvVfZcJT58xN User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <02BA37D6C63F4064B4ABD0B6984FFE91@us.oracle.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47120 Archived-At: > This regression was introduced in release 23.1. Prior to that release, > the doc string said, correctly, > "If ARGS is a list whose car is a symbol, use (car ARGS) as a function > to do the work. Pass it BUFFER as first arg, and (cdr ARGS) as the > rest of its args." > > Now it says, incorrectly, > "If ARGS is a list whose car is a symbol, use (car ARGS) as a > function to do the work. Pass it BUFFER as first argument, > and (cdr ARGS) as second." > > If ARGS is a list whose car is a symbol `f', then > `special-display-popup-frame' invokes `f', passing it as arguments, > BUFFER followed by all of the elements in (cdr ARGS). The arity of `f' > is the length of ARGS, not just 2. We do not pass `f' (cdr ARGS) as a > second argument. Indeed. Could someone please restore the old doc-string in Emacs 23? martin