From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 63557@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired'
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 08:23:22 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83v8gqw6ut.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB548898F05549A0A9A80B1099F37E9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 17 May 2023 19:43:17 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 19:43:17 +0000
>
> Instead of just saying that non-nil allows `find-file' to visit
> directories, say also (as does (emacs) `Visiting') that otherwise (i.e.,
> nil) raises an error when the arg is a directory name.
How would you interpret "allows" in any other sense? What could "does
not allow" mean when the value is nil?
IOW, I don't see why would we need to spoon-feed the user in this
case. The meaning of nil is crystal clear to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-18 5:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-17 19:43 bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired' Drew Adams
2023-05-18 5:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-05-18 15:35 ` Drew Adams
2023-05-18 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-18 16:06 ` Drew Adams
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