From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14206: 24.3.50; doc string of `execute-kbd-macro' Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 03:59:31 -0800 Message-ID: <87vbwpstlo.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391860869 17170 80.91.229.3 (8 Feb 2014 12:01:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 12:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14206@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 08 13:01:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ax-0004Cn-Tc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:01:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46227 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ax-0008QH-GM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:01:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ap-0008Q7-Vq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:01:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6al-0002qB-0V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:01:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ak-0002q7-T6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:01:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ak-0005Z0-Dh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:01:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 12:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14206 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14206-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14206.139186085721371 (code B ref 14206); Sat, 08 Feb 2014 12:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14206) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Feb 2014 12:00:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56569 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ae-0005Yd-KK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:00:56 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:48669) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6ac-0005YV-JS for 14206@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:00:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WC6aO-00023Z-AI; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:00:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:33:45 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1WC6aO-00023Z-AI MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1392465640.92716@P15oh8aOE+YFHkdAnxFk+g X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:84944 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > The doc string is misleading, especially this part: "as string of editor > command characters". Presumably what is meant is as a sequence of > command chars (better - a sequence of events). Compare the Elisp manual > description, which explicitly mentions that MACRO can be a string or a > vector (or a symbol with a function value). Uhm... (defun foo () "foo") (execute-kbd-macro 'foo) -> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Keyboard macros must be strings or vectors") execute-kbd-macro(foo) eval((execute-kbd-macro (quote foo)) nil) (execute-kbd-macro "foo") -> foo (execute-kbd-macro ["f"]) -> After 0 kbd macro iterations: undefined: Keyboard macro terminated by a command ringing the bell What kind of vector is this talking about? It's kinda confusing all over. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/