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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 41727@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41727: 26.3; Doc of `define-minor-mode' and minor-mode commands
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2020 21:56:30 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <838sh081lt.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9d7f8447-1c0b-46db-a40c-c1ed2a398c46@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 6 Jun 2020 09:45:46 -0700 (PDT))

> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 09:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 41727@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > The doc needs improvement when describing calling the mode from Lisp.
> > >
> > > 1. The doc string of `define-minor-mode' says this:
> > >
> > >      When called from Lisp, the mode command toggles the mode if the
> > >      argument is `toggle', disables the mode if the argument is a
> > >      non-positive integer, and enables the mode otherwise (including if
> > >      the argument is omitted or nil or a positive integer).
> > 
> > It actually says this:
> >   Interactively with no prefix argument, it toggles the mode.
> >   A prefix argument enables the mode if the argument is positive,
> >   and disables it otherwise.
> > 
> >   <snipped: verbatim quote of the text I cited about Lisp call>
> 
> Yes, and?  The point was about what the doc says about
> a call from Lisp.

My point was that you take the text out of its context, and that
context spells out what you say is missing.

This is not the first time you raise this issue, and the argument
always goes the same way.  I wish you'd stopped these repeated
complaints about the same thing.

> > Are you reading obsolete docs?
> 
> I'm reading the 26.3 docs, as suggested by the report:

The latest sources seem to be different.





  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-06 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-05 20:39 bug#41727: 26.3; Doc of `define-minor-mode' and minor-mode commands Drew Adams
2020-06-06  0:01 ` Drew Adams
2020-06-07 10:04   ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-07 16:06     ` Drew Adams
2020-06-07 16:19       ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-07 16:30         ` Drew Adams
2020-06-06  6:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06 16:45   ` Drew Adams
2020-06-06 18:56     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-06-07 10:08       ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-07 14:31         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-07 14:45           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-07 16:08         ` Drew Adams
     [not found]       ` <<87wo4jb33s.fsf@web.de>
     [not found]         ` <<83y2oz6j6x.fsf@gnu.org>
2020-06-07 16:16           ` Drew Adams
2020-06-08 17:16             ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-08 17:38               ` Drew Adams
2020-06-09  7:58                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-09 14:39                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-09 15:21                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-09 15:40                   ` Drew Adams
     [not found]                 ` <<87h7vkbrh3.fsf@web.de>
     [not found]                   ` <<835zc0717e.fsf@gnu.org>
2020-06-09 15:51                     ` Drew Adams
2021-09-25 15:41       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 16:58         ` bug#41727: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 17:18           ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] <<963d4189-17dc-4f4e-9993-0335fa271e50@default>
     [not found] ` <<83k10kafha.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <<9d7f8447-1c0b-46db-a40c-c1ed2a398c46@default>
     [not found]     ` <<838sh081lt.fsf@gnu.org>
2020-06-06 20:39       ` Drew Adams

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