* bug#30634: 26.0; doc string of `dired-do-create-files'
@ 2018-02-27 18:12 Drew Adams
2018-03-01 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2018-02-27 18:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 30634
The doc string says this, where "into-dir" is the only occurrence of
that text in the doc string:
The rest of into-dir are optional arguments.
This is incomprehensible. Yes, in the _code_ of the function there is
an internal, local variable named `into-dir', but it makes no sense to
refer to that in the doc string.
---
(The entire description of arg HOW-TO is too complicated, particularly
the "Otherwise" part. Apparently in this case HOW-TO is a function. If
that function returns a non-nil list then its car is a function of 4
args... An example or two might help.)
In GNU Emacs 26.0.91 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
of 2018-01-22
Repository revision: 752fba992b793a74d202c9cfc3e1a92fd458e748
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
--without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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* bug#30634: 26.0; doc string of `dired-do-create-files'
2018-02-27 18:12 bug#30634: 26.0; doc string of `dired-do-create-files' Drew Adams
@ 2018-03-01 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2018-03-01 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 30634-done
> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:12:18 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> The doc string says this, where "into-dir" is the only occurrence of
> that text in the doc string:
>
> The rest of into-dir are optional arguments.
>
> This is incomprehensible. Yes, in the _code_ of the function there is
> an internal, local variable named `into-dir', but it makes no sense to
> refer to that in the doc string.
Thanks, fixed.
> (The entire description of arg HOW-TO is too complicated, particularly
> the "Otherwise" part. Apparently in this case HOW-TO is a function. If
> that function returns a non-nil list then its car is a function of 4
> args... An example or two might help.)
I didn't see it as overly complicated, I think it's very clear.
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