From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21315: 25.0.50; doc of `kill-ring-save', `copy-region-as-kill' - bad Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:23:06 +0200 Message-ID: <83a8pmdy8l.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0fc80688-9028-4715-b2d9-a4bce4439a3b@default> <87y4d8cwwv.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83si3feepi.fsf@gnu.org> <92143779-adfc-46ac-ac0d-2ba02174bb1a@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449505582 7591 80.91.229.3 (7 Dec 2015 16:26:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:26:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21315-done@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 07 17:26:13 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 1a5yc7-0000m9-SA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:26:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55359 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5yc7-000320-5S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:26:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47612) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5ya6-00084S-1X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:24:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5ya2-00019D-Ma for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52170) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5ya2-000194-FO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:24:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a5ya2-0006eJ-94 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:24:02 -0500 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 21315 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 21315@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 21315-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D21315.144950541325517 (code D ref 21315); Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21315-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Dec 2015 16:23:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41877 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a5yZZ-0006dV-68 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:23:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout27.012.net.il ([80.179.55.183]:54600) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a5yZE-0006d4-GG for 21315-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:23:31 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout27.012.net.il by mtaout27.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NYZ00300X50UU00@mtaout27.012.net.il> for 21315-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:18:20 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout27.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NYZ002MCXAKG610@mtaout27.012.net.il>; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:18:20 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <92143779-adfc-46ac-ac0d-2ba02174bb1a@default> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il 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: 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:109710 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 08:54:44 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: juri@linkov.net, 21315@debbugs.gnu.org > > > say this: > > The optional argument REGION non-nil means to ignore BEG and END and > > copy the region instead. > > Yes. > > (But I think we usually phrase that as: "Non-nil optional argument > REGION means...".) > > > Also, we should tell that this distinction is only relevant to > > invoking these functions from Lisp programs, not interactively. > > Yes. > > From Lisp, non-nil optional argument REGION means... > > > As for the argument, AFAICT it makes no difference in interactive > > usage. > > Yes, it is always non-nil interactively: `prefix-numeric-value' > never returns nil. > > > Does documenting the above clarify the issue? > > Yes, I think so. Thx. Thanks, I made all the changes. I also added a reference to filter-buffer-substring in these doc strings, something that should have been done almost 11 years ago. The ELisp manual is also updated.