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#38183: 26.3; Doc about equality of markers Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:26:35 +0200 Message-ID: <83sgmp0wlw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<<104e3572-fe9c-42b8-a099-769389ff1588@default>>> <<<83eey92s7m.fsf@gnu.org>>> <> <<83tv7511r3.fsf@gnu.org>> <2e1f5720-317d-47e5-886d-bb06d4ee15af@default> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="54400"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 38183-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 15 20:28:13 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 1iVhGO-000E2Y-AB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:28:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44440 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhGM-0007PO-VH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:28:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59034) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhGF-0007Oe-Tn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:28:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhGE-0007It-UZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhGE-0007Ig-S0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhGE-0005Je-LX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:28:02 -0500 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 38183 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 38183@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 38183-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D38183.157384603020364 (code D ref 38183); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38183-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2019 19:27:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37400 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhFC-0005Hw-Jx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:26:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49859) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhFA-0005Hk-P9 for 38183-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:26:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:36307) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhF5-0006fW-CO; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:26:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1376 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iVhF3-0001mn-QX; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:26:50 -0500 In-reply-to: <2e1f5720-317d-47e5-886d-bb06d4ee15af@default> (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:27:27 -0800 (PST)) 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:171685 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:27:27 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 38183@debbugs.gnu.org > > Just know that as one user it took me a while > to find the information. > > I started in the Markers section of the manual, > and I had difficulty finding that `equal' > includes buffer comparison (`equal' example > uses only the same buffer). "Overview of Markers" starts by saying what components are entailed in a marker, so what 'equal' compares should be clear from that. > Then, after finding that info, I had difficulty > finding how to compare markers only numerically > (nothing in the Markers section). That's described under '='. It is impractical to have every piece of information described together in the same place as every other possibly related piece of information, as that will lead to endless repetitions.