From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24842: 24.5; `help-make-xrefs': False link-type determinations Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:25:23 +0200 Message-ID: <83mvhjnp58.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<919e40a4-f6c4-492d-b50f-b0671e13cb60@default> <878tt4qdjq.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> > <<83wpgnns4x.fsf@gnu.org>> <518ea058-cddf-412e-93b1-2cee723615f7@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478018523 20489 195.159.176.226 (1 Nov 2016 16:42:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 16:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net, 24842@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 01 17:41:57 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c1c8D-0003sE-Oj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:41:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49241 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1c8G-0002k7-Eu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:41:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39971) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bt0-0006dI-0Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bsw-0005ZK-Qq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52009) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bsw-0005ZE-NV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bsw-0003lT-Hs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24842 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24842-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24842.147801752014416 (code B ref 24842); Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24842) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2016 16:25:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39175 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bsG-0003kS-GO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:25:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48709) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bsE-0003kC-Mc for 24842@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:25:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bs4-0005Ms-2A for 24842@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40855) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bs3-0005Mj-WC; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4086 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1c1bs3-0001Ym-6p; Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:25:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <518ea058-cddf-412e-93b1-2cee723615f7@default> (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 1 Nov 2016 09:15:25 -0700 (PDT)) 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: 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:125220 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 09:15:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net, 24842@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Duplicate of 12016 and 9445. > > Not really a duplicate, IMO. > > One of the things #24842 asks for is _documentation_ for users writing doc > strings: > > 1. Tell them about the behavior - preceding quoted symbols with "function" etc. > 2. Tell them how to override the behavior when inappropriate, effectively > "escaping" an occurrence of a word such as "function" that would otherwise > cause the symbol that follows it to be handled incorrectly. > > Do you need a separate bug report for just this part (doc)? No need for a separate report, because I still think these 3 reports basically talk about the same issue. I also don't think these issues will be ever fixed unless someone motivated takes upon themselves to clean up this area, which IMO is too full of semi-kludges and heuristics that only works 90% of the time.