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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 25428-done@debbugs.gnu.org, nljlistbox2@gmail.com
Subject: bug#25428: 25.1; Incorrect doc string for `delete-selection-mode'
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:03:20 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tw0u66qv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2e0430c1-4783-4b53-ac95-300282a1a6be@default> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:25:31 -0700 (PDT))

> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:25:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 25428@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Let's just say that the doc string is incomplete and can easily
> mislead.
> 
> If it says anything about interactive behavior (and it should)
> then it should say just what the description of `define-minor-mode'
> says for minor modes.
> 
> If it says anything about the behavior when called from
> Lisp (and it should) then it should say just what the d-m-m
> description says. This (i.e., _all_ of the d-m-m description)
> is missing from the d-s-m doc string:
> 
> * `toggle' toggles
> * non-positive integer disables
> * anything else enables

Thanks, I fixed the doc string to include the missing information.





      reply	other threads:[~2017-08-26  9:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-12 16:24 bug#25428: 25.1; Incorrect doc string for `delete-selection-mode' Drew Adams
2017-08-17  1:55 ` N. Jackson
2017-08-17  2:24   ` npostavs
2017-08-17  3:25   ` Drew Adams
2017-08-26  9:03     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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