From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14006: 24.3.50; doc of `completion-in-region-mode', `completion-in-region' Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:28:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87czrknla8.fsf@gnus.org> References: <70247DD667674DB692AC1FC2A72719CC@us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29529"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 14006@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 15 08:29:17 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3us0-0007TK-TD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:29:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39382 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m3urz-0003eG-HI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:29:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55586) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m3urm-0003cM-DK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:34980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m3urm-0004zs-6B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m3urm-00077u-4E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14006 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 14006-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14006.162633050727338 (code B ref 14006); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14006) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2021 06:28:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46523 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m3urC-00076r-Qy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:28:27 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:53122) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m3urA-00076Z-Si for 14006@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:28:25 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=K5nEGPzm4Tg4bfIoBsb00QzZXrqV61SjxQiSEwlWah4=; b=Ur2LAIyKgzs1DBAYGc6aX8E2Tc mQZAio4/6qFg82akz3cJpRhBHA1KMLtv+Z3rlh7EMSnvJD77fxhk9ekBMp4kOHkQbtgYR47l0NokC QYYZKyKQw96i49zPuF44v8fh+ouLRbDIrztfoLcD5XfLGeYY9cmNdxM7HR2ae0L4XFXI=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3ur2-0004oQ-5N; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:28:18 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Answer Code Request's _Fabric 94: Steffi_: "Forking Path" In-Reply-To: <70247DD667674DB692AC1FC2A72719CC@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:44:20 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:209995 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > Doc string of `completion-in-region-mode' is useless. It says nothing > more than that the mode is "used during `completion-in-region'. Used > for what? Used how? What does it do? I think that's beyond the role of the doc string here for this internalish mode. > Doc string of `completion-in-region' does not say how PREDICATE is used > - what it means to "say when to exit" (how? why? exit what?). And it > is not clear whether point can be START or END or both or neither: > "between" generally excludes both end points, but the meaning should > be made explicit. And nothing is said about what COLLECTION is - > "using COLLECTION" means nothing. At least cross-ref some other doc > that describes COLLECTION. > > (elisp) `Completion in Buffers' says little more than what the doc > string of `completion-in-region' says. (At least it cross-references > COLLECTION.) And it says nothing about `completion-in-region-mode'. I think the doc string here is good enough, and punting to the manual for more talk is fine. Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no