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#31311: 27.0; doc of `pcase' Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:16:30 +0300 Message-ID: <83sh7erl01.fsf@gnu.org> References: <> <<83wowqrmp8.fsf@gnu.org>> <9cd18e10-8f14-4a49-a3a4-ed9d50afe860@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1525022108 27143 195.159.176.226 (29 Apr 2018 17:15:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 31311@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 29 19:15:03 2018 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 1fCpuh-0006wO-1b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:15:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56257 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwn-0002GB-MY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:17:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42896) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwh-0002Fv-GP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:17:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwe-0000ac-8w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:17:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35202) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwe-0000aW-5R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:17:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwb-00084v-Lp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:17:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:17:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31311 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 31311-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31311.152502221631038 (code B ref 31311); Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:17:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31311) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2018 17:16:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43099 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwW-00084Y-6f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:16:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51890) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwU-00084I-5G for 31311@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:16:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwL-0000TL-NO for 31311@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:16:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46344) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwL-0000TF-Ja; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:16:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4813 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpwL-0002sI-1y; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:16:45 -0400 In-reply-to: <9cd18e10-8f14-4a49-a3a4-ed9d50afe860@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 29 Apr 2018 10:02:16 -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:145826 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 10:02:16 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 31311@debbugs.gnu.org > > > What you see in the manual is mostly the result of desperate efforts > > of a single individual to have something remotely palatable in our > > documentation. > > > > Consequently, bug reports without patches are unlikely to yield any > > real results, IME. > > Too bad. > > Perhaps you can at least remove the incomprehensible and > seemingly unrelated text (I cited) that appears at the end > of the doc string, as a start. > > There are also some other parts of my report that can be > acted on without any real knowledge of `pcase', I believe. Sorry, I refuse to invest any more efforts in documenting this. If there's someone else out there who cares, let them show their resolve. I'm sorry I need to choose this form of protest, but I tried everything to cause those who know about this more than I do to write some decent documentation, and I'm out of ideas. Shame on me.