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#14843: 24.3.50; `line-move', `line-move-visual' need doc strings Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:06:41 +0300 Message-ID: <83r4f46hmm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <43758336-46c0-42cf-a16d-6412c5e003d8@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373569692 22888 80.91.229.3 (11 Jul 2013 19:08:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:08:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14843@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 11 21:08:12 2013 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 1UxMDs-0007wk-G8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:08:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43867 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMDs-0001bY-14 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:08:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54333) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMDj-0001bO-N6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMDi-0004Yw-Hs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54094) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMDi-0004Ys-E8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMDh-00008s-Ti for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:08:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14843 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14843-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14843.1373569627452 (code B ref 14843); Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14843) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jul 2013 19:07:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48410 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMCp-00007C-05 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:37034) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UxMCl-00006a-Eq for 14843@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:07:05 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MPS00900D29SJ00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 14843@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:06:48 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MPS009TTD3BGS90@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:06:48 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <43758336-46c0-42cf-a16d-6412c5e003d8@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: 140.186.70.43 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:76242 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:50:06 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 14843@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > These functions, especially `line-move', are used all over the place. > > > They need doc strings, with complete descriptions of their parameters. > > > > They are internal functions. Under what circumstances did you need to > > use them directly? Why wasn't next/previous-line enough? > > Read what I wrote: they "are used all over the place". In the Emacs code > alone, not to mention in 3rd-party code. They are not "internal" to > simple.el. They are not internal to anything. Reality. That an internal function is used all over the Emacs code is a small wonder. It just means someone was smart enough to capture a frequent need of many features. As for 3rd-party code, if you have such code, or happen to know why line-move was used instead of next/previous-line, please tell.