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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 35063@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35063: 26.1; Doc of window parameter `other-window'...
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 15:37:18 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a64d0fc2-03d5-44d9-b70a-cb9da1ae75c7@default> (raw)

(elisp) `Window Parameters' should be the place where the window
parameters are each described.

A reader should not just fall upon a cop-out description such as this:

`other-window'
     This parameter affects the execution of `other-window' (see Cylic
     Window Ordering)

But the real bug is that when you go to node Cyclic Window Ordering you
find nothing at all describing parameter `other-window', whose doc sent
you there for a real description.

Arguably parameter `no-other-window' is described there:

     This function does not select a window that has a non-'nil'
     'no-other-window' window parameter (*note Window Parameters::).

But there's nothing about parameter `other-window'.

Also, the first sentence of node `Window Parameters' says:

     This section describes how window parameters can be used to
     associate additional information with windows.

But it doesn't seem to be mostly about that.  Only the description of
function `set-window-parameter' tells you "how window parameters can be
used to associate additional information with windows".

What's more, the node doesn't really tell you _why_ you would
associate...  What's that for?  When would you do that?  Not clear from
this node, AFAICT.  OK, a few of the parameter descriptions,
e.g. `window-preserved-size' give an idea of what they might be used
for.  But most do not, do they?



In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2018-05-30
Repository revision: 07f8f9bc5a51f5aa94eb099f3e15fbe0c20ea1ea
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.17134
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''





             reply	other threads:[~2019-03-31 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-31 22:37 Drew Adams [this message]
2019-04-06  8:09 ` bug#35063: 26.1; Doc of window parameter `other-window' Eli Zaretskii

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