From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: 22683@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22683: 25.1.50; auto-composition-mode
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:50:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83twl9wy6e.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1aVNDr-0007Vf-Ga@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Richard Stallman on Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:46:07 -0500)
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:46:07 -0500
>
>
> The doc string of auto-composition-mode says:
>
> ======================================================================
> With a prefix argument ARG, enable Auto Composition mode if ARG
> is positive, and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp,
> enable the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
> ======================================================================
>
> The doc string suggests (but does not clearly say) that ARG present
> and non-nil disables the mode.
>
> In fact, using M-:, (auto-composition-mode t) enables the mode.
> (auto-composition-mode 0) disables the mode.
> (auto-composition-mode 1) enables it.
>
> It seems this calls for a doc string fix, or a code fix.
We say these things for every mode, so this issue is not specific to
this particular mode.
I believe the fix is to add "also" to the last sentence (as in "also
enable the mode if ..."), but is this really so serious to require
changes in hundreds of doc strings?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-15 19:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-15 17:46 bug#22683: 25.1.50; auto-composition-mode Richard Stallman
2016-02-15 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-02-16 22:47 ` Richard Stallman
2016-02-17 19:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-19 12:34 ` Richard Stallman
2016-02-19 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-20 14:28 ` Richard Stallman
2016-02-20 14:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-21 12:44 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-25 0:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 1:35 ` bug#22683: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 1:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 2:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 2:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 11:53 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-26 12:46 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 20:27 ` Rudolf Adamkovič via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-09-27 4:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-27 14:09 ` Rudolf Adamkovič via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-09-27 14:34 ` Stefan Kangas
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