From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36365: Add info how to deselect secondary selection (Emacs manual) Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:00:16 +0300 Message-ID: <831ry4gcwv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83zhlr8sxv.fsf@gnu.org> <62734ba6-a335-710a-2d09-3b54f0d58bde@gmail.com> <834l3z81ni.fsf@gnu.org> <831rz38107.fsf@gnu.org> <2d744cb6-8aae-2af4-d4c1-1c263cbc5866@gmail.com> <599a8119-24c4-d1cc-c022-fdde7826b677@gmail.com> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="196975"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 36365@debbugs.gnu.org To: Sebastian Urban Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 02 11:01:09 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQy-000p6Z-P8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:01:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32808 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQx-0000By-Qb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:01:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47554) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQt-0000Br-BM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQs-0001QC-DH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:01:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46947) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQs-0001Q4-A4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQs-0007tc-6i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36365 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36365-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36365.156473642930304 (code B ref 36365); Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36365) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Aug 2019 09:00:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55768 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQL-0007sh-Ds for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:00:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35098) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQK-0007sT-Fa for 36365@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:00:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52557) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQF-0001C4-9q; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2956 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1htTQE-0007pU-7T; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 05:00:22 -0400 In-reply-to: <599a8119-24c4-d1cc-c022-fdde7826b677@gmail.com> (message from Sebastian Urban on Thu, 1 Aug 2019 15:33:17 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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: 209.51.188.43 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:164306 Archived-At: > From: Sebastian Urban > Cc: 36365@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 15:33:17 +0200 > > >> But I see nothing wrong with the doc string as it is. > > > > Right now the string is: > > Set one end of the secondary selection to the position clicked > > on. Use to set the other end and complete the > > secondary selection. > > > > As you can see - no information about deselect, so perhaps just > > copy-paste last sentence from your patch - "This command > > cancels any existing secondary selection, when it starts a new > > one." > > Any update on this... > > >> I see now that there's no way of cancelling a secondary selection > >> without starting a new one. So I changed the text to reflect that. > > > > Alright, but I think: > > use @kbd{M-mouse-3} to set the other end and complete the > > selection. > > > > that this sentence from the patch is unnecessary. How to set > > secondary selection is in description of 'M-mouse-3' which is just > > ONE line below. In doc string of 'mouse-start-secondary' it is OK, > > because there is no description of 'M-mouse-3', but in the manual > > there is. > > and this? I don't think there's anything wrong with the documentation you cite, and I thought I already explained why I thought so in this discussion.