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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: thievol@posteo.net, 70163@debbugs.gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org
Subject: bug#70163: 29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:23:34 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86edbl6z3d.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvttkhl27h.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Thu, 04 Apr 2024 08:54:24 -0400)

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net>,  schwab@linux-m68k.org,
>   70163@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 08:54:24 -0400
> 
> > Stefan, why do we inject this ugly blurb into the text we return when
> > the library is not loaded? why not simply return the same as RAW does
> > in those cases?
> 
> Good question.  AFAIK this predates me, so we'd have to ask Richard.
> Maybe \<hexl-mode-map> should simply never expand to anything else than the
> empty string.

Maybe.  But meanwhile, the best I can suggest is this:

diff --git a/lisp/hexl.el b/lisp/hexl.el
index 1288cf4..28441a2 100644
--- a/lisp/hexl.el
+++ b/lisp/hexl.el
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ hexl-line-displen
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun hexl-mode (&optional arg)
-  "\\<hexl-mode-map>A mode for editing binary files in hex dump format.
-This is not an ordinary major mode; it alters some aspects
+  "A mode for editing binary files in hex dump format.
+\\<hexl-mode-map>This is not an ordinary major mode; it alters some aspects
 of the current mode's behavior, but not all; also, you can exit
-Hexl mode and return to the previous mode using `hexl-mode-exit'.
+Hexl mode and return to the previous mode using \\[hexl-mode-exit].
 
 This function automatically converts a buffer into the hexl format
 using the function `hexlify-buffer'.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-04-04 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-03 15:02 bug#70163: 29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring Thierry Volpiatto
2024-04-03 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-03 16:37   ` Andreas Schwab
2024-04-03 17:04     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2024-04-03 18:14       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-04  5:47         ` Thierry Volpiatto
2024-04-04 12:18           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-04 12:45             ` Andreas Schwab
2024-04-04 13:07               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-04 13:20                 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-04-04 12:54             ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-04 13:16               ` Andreas Schwab
2024-04-04 13:23               ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-04-04 13:37                 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-04 18:41                   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2024-04-05  5:46                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-05  6:29                       ` Thierry Volpiatto
2024-04-06 10:46                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-06 11:27                           ` Thierry Volpiatto
2024-04-06 12:52                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-06 14:05                             ` Andreas Schwab
2024-04-06 14:15                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-06 15:05                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-04-06 15:27                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-06 15:49                         ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-06 16:16                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-06 20:01                             ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-06 20:21                               ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-07  5:29                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-07 14:48                                 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-07 14:57                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-07 16:07                                     ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-07 16:11                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-03 17:04   ` Thierry Volpiatto

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