* bug#14321: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode
@ 2013-04-30 9:36 José Luis González
2019-08-15 5:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: José Luis González @ 2013-04-30 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
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* bug#14321: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode
2013-04-30 9:36 bug#14321: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode José Luis González
@ 2019-08-15 5:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2019-08-15 5:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: José Luis González; +Cc: 14321
"José Luis González" <jlgonzal@ya.com> writes:
> Info documentation for emacs 24.2.1 instructs in section "21.22 Scroll Bars"
> that "To control the use of scroll bars at startup, customize the variable
> `scroll-bar-mode'." However it fails to mention that it must be done by
> calling set-scroll-bar-mode, since directly setting the variable has no real
> effect. This is explained in the built-in documentation for the variable, but
> not in the Info documentation.
(I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately gotten no
responses yet.)
As the doc string also says:
---
Setting the variable with a customization buffer also takes effect.
---
So I think the manual is correct here, although it uses "customize the
variable" in one specific sense; i.e., you have to use Customize -- you
can't just set it with `setq' or the like.
I've added a link to the Customization node here as a further hint in
Emacs 27.
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