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#9688: Misleading documentation in "Persistent Mark". Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:27 -0400 Message-ID: <87d3e2cdo0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <20111007091023.GA3054@acm.acm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318441186 19367 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2011 17:39:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:39:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9688@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 12 19:39:42 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RE2mM-00077v-BU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:39:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48879 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE2mL-0008Cs-T0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE2mJ-0008Ci-P0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE2mI-0000oa-PD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:39 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE2mI-0000oV-MI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RE2mf-0000xA-Vj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:40:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9688 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9688-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9688.13184411993653 (code B ref 9688); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9688) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Oct 2011 17:39:59 +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 1RE2mc-0000wr-Uu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:59 -0400 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 1RE2mb-0000wZ-F7 for 9688@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from furball (dhcp-128-36-14-81.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.81]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-04.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9CHdR5C016989 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:39:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20111007091023.GA3054@acm.acm> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:10:23 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (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: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:40:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:52593 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > The chapter "Persistent Mark" in the Emacs manual is misleading. > > The chapter title suggests that the mark is otherwise transient. This is > not the case by default, since `mark-even-if-inactive' is non-nil by > default. Fair enough; renamed to "Disabled Transient Mark".