From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21171: 25.0.50; Please document (and index) `with-silent-modifications' in Elisp manual Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:58:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5a5ff08e-0a5f-4ef9-bdd1-5e4afd08b4d1@default> References: <71a1f5f8-8295-419b-a5bc-33c36662c2d6@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438376366 23143 80.91.229.3 (31 Jul 2015 20:59:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:59:26 +0000 (UTC) To: 21171@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 31 22:59:13 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHOY-0008Ff-Ui for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:59:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45994 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHOY-0004aq-91 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:59:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57348) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHOV-0004ai-6s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:59:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHOR-0004ih-2K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:59:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34650) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHOQ-0004iG-VS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHOQ-0001lB-Cr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21171 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21171-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21171.14383763246742 (code B ref 21171); Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21171) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Jul 2015 20:58:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36096 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHO8-0001kf-5o for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:58:44 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:28494) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZLHO5-0001kX-Rv for 21171@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:58:42 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t6VKwevf004031 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for <21171@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:58:41 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t6VKwe2F006287 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for <21171@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:58:40 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0006.oracle.com (abhmp0006.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t6VKwerB026522 for <21171@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:58:40 GMT In-Reply-To: <71a1f5f8-8295-419b-a5bc-33c36662c2d6@default> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:105252 Archived-At: > 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".