* bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual
@ 2015-07-31 20:48 Drew Adams
2015-07-31 20:58 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 21:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Drew Adams @ 2015-07-31 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 21171
Subject line says it all.
In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2015-07-03 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 2b848fadd51e805b2f46da64c5958ea7f009048a
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --enable-checking=yes,glyphs'
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* bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual
2015-07-31 20:48 bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual Drew Adams
@ 2015-07-31 20:58 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 21:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-30 21:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2015-07-31 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 21171
> Subject line says it all.
Nope. And please state explicitly everything that it does -
just what it saves and restores, inhibits, etc. Otherwise,
from the simple doc string alone it is not obvious what
code (bindings etc.) this can replace. Yes, a user can
consult the source code, but there is no reason not to
describe what it does in more detail than just "pretending
it does not modify the buffer".
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* bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual
2015-07-31 20:58 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-04-30 21:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2016-04-30 21:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 21171
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> Subject line says it all.
>
> Nope. And please state explicitly everything that it does -
> just what it saves and restores, inhibits, etc. Otherwise,
> from the simple doc string alone it is not obvious what
> code (bindings etc.) this can replace. Yes, a user can
> consult the source code, but there is no reason not to
> describe what it does in more detail than just "pretending
> it does not modify the buffer".
There is one use case only for the macro: Adding text properties to the
buffer without having the buffer-modified flag go off.
I've now rearranged the doc string to make that clearer.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual
2015-07-31 20:48 bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual Drew Adams
2015-07-31 20:58 ` Drew Adams
@ 2016-04-30 21:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2016-04-30 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 21171
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Subject line says it all.
I've now mentioned it in the text property section.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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