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#22206: 25.1.50; doc string of `define-minor-mode' Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:11:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <65b64917-fae0-484b-8342-e73a88d2d4d9@default> References: <83d1u3wo20.fsf@gnu.org> <5674616F.7000103@yandex.ru> 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 1450469544 11046 80.91.229.3 (18 Dec 2015 20:12:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:12:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22206@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov , Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 18 21:12:11 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 1aA1Np-0001rn-Ky for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:12:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34923 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1No-00038P-R0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:12:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33745) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1Nl-000380-29 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:12:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1Nh-0000n6-Qx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:12:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48445) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1Nh-0000n2-Nb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:12:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1Nh-0002KL-Iz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:12:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22206 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22206-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22206.14504694838898 (code B ref 22206); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22206) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Dec 2015 20:11:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56047 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1N4-0002JR-VX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:11:23 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:18048) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aA1N3-0002JE-9n for 22206@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:11:21 -0500 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 tBIKBF6Y023658 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:11:15 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBIKBFor016197 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:11:15 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBIKBF1X019553; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:11:15 GMT In-Reply-To: <5674616F.7000103@yandex.ru> 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: 2.1.18 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:110158 Archived-At: > > What else could it possibly be, except a string? >=20 > A form in the format described in mode-line-format. And that works, > actually, so I'm not sure we should document it to be more limited. IMO, we should document what it needs to be. If it can be more than a string, then we should document just what it can be. And in that case the manual (which states that it is a string) should likewise be updated to say what the value can be.