From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7465: 24.0.50; transient-mark-mode customization UI is confusing Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:15:39 -0500 Message-ID: <874oatz1c4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <8739qtl6yi.fsf@escher.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291499137 2244 80.91.229.12 (4 Dec 2010 21:45:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 21:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7465@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 04 22:45:32 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POzv9-0001aK-38 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:45:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52897 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1POzv8-0002Gl-KN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:45:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45606 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1POzuy-0002Eu-J1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:45:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1POzux-0005Xp-4B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:45:20 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54862) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1POzuw-0005Xk-W8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:45:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POzMp-0003nP-Ip; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:10:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:10:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7465 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7465-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7465.129149699414572 (code B ref 7465); Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:10:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7465) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Dec 2010 21:09:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POzMf-0003mz-Va for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:09:54 -0500 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-04.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.145]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POzMe-0003mo-RY for 7465@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:09:53 -0500 Original-Received: from furball (dhcp128036014248.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-04.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oB4LFe6j013030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:15:40 -0500 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DBB3E16059F; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:15:39 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <8739qtl6yi.fsf@escher.home> (Stephen Berman's message of "Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:21:41 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.145 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:10:03 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42153 Archived-At: Stephen Berman writes: > The complete text of the doc string is displayed, as usual, but here it > is confusing, because the values `lambda' and `(only . OLDVAL)' cannot > be entered, since only toggling on-off is allowed. As noted in the > Elisp manual, these values are intended for Lisp programs, so they > should not be mentioned in the Custom interface, which is concerned with > user settings. I noted explicitly in the docstring that these values are meant for Lisp. Thanks.