From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21315: 25.0.50; doc of `kill-ring-save', `copy-region-as-kill' - bad Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 08:54:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <92143779-adfc-46ac-ac0d-2ba02174bb1a@default> References: <> <<0fc80688-9028-4715-b2d9-a4bce4439a3b@default>> <<87y4d8cwwv.fsf@mail.linkov.net>> <> <<83si3feepi.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449420983 13367 80.91.229.3 (6 Dec 2015 16:56:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21315@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net To: Eli Zaretskii , Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 06 17:56:10 2015 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 1a5cba-0001jM-1a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:56:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50339 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5cbZ-0002Qg-Em for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:56:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5cbW-0002QQ-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:56:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5cbS-0001as-RW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:56:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:51217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5cbS-0001ao-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a5cbS-0003lH-Gh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:56:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21315 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21315-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21315.144942090914391 (code B ref 21315); Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21315) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Dec 2015 16:55:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40924 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a5caa-0003k2-Lq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:55:08 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:29418) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a5caH-0003jH-3n for 21315@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:55:07 -0500 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id tB6Gslpu004178 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:54:47 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tB6GskTH024024 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:54:47 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tB6GskIP030105; Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:54:46 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83si3feepi.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] 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: 208.118.235.43 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:109693 Archived-At: > say this: > The optional argument REGION non-nil means to ignore BEG and END and > copy the region instead. Yes. (But I think we usually phrase that as: "Non-nil optional argument REGION means...".) > Also, we should tell that this distinction is only relevant to > invoking these functions from Lisp programs, not interactively. Yes. From Lisp, non-nil optional argument REGION means... > As for the argument, AFAICT it makes no difference in interactive > usage. Yes, it is always non-nil interactively: `prefix-numeric-value' never returns nil. > Does documenting the above clarify the issue? Yes, I think so. Thx.