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#10346: 24.0.92; doc string of `save-buffer' Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5ab7a55c-4be2-4bed-ab19-7e26b7f5757a@default> References: <34F77D4702114FF094072B135F951820@us.oracle.com> <87iosoalvy.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87shy6lzb8.fsf@gnus.org> 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 1461852869 6926 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 14:14:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:14:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10346@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 16:14:16 2016 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 1avmhq-0001Rg-RG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:14:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49364 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmhq-0007dO-5z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51719) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmhi-0007NT-06 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:14:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmhe-0004u7-6Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40861) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmhe-0004tr-3F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmhd-0000Nr-Qa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:14:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:14:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10346 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 10346-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10346.14618528131432 (code B ref 10346); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:14:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10346) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Apr 2016 14:13:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53198 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmh8-0000Mz-1M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:13:33 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:30674) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmh2-0000Mf-V1 for 10346@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:13:29 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3SEDJSi022113 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:13:19 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SEDJc8004447 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:13:19 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SEDH0J002044; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:13:18 GMT In-Reply-To: <87shy6lzb8.fsf@gnus.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117068 Archived-At: > Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: >=20 > >> The doc string talks about the prefix arg, but no connection is made t= o > >> ARGS for use in Lisp. > > > > Yes. But the values for ARG are so... non-Lispey, I have a feeling > > that it's been left off by choice. The values are basically 0, 4, 16 > > and 64, which are ... kinda opaque when calling a function like that. > > > > I don't know. Should these values be documented or not? >=20 > I think they're left out on purpose. Closing. Do you realize that you answered your own question? This is a command. Interactively, ARG is the numeric prefix arg. This should be stated in the doc string: What ARG is for and how it is used.