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#14743: 24.3.50; doc string of `read-regexp' Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:06:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <79a924fd-61b6-4c78-b699-9c7487df55c4@default> <87zju8lfr3.fsf@mail.jurta.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 1372547228 5006 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2013 23:07:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:07:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14743@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 30 01:07:08 2013 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 1Ut4EV-0001nC-D2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 01:07:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56053 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4EU-0008CL-Uk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:07:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4ER-0008CF-ND for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4EQ-000834-U3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54300) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4EQ-000830-Q8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4EP-00004w-RC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:07:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14743 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14743-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14743.137254721232754 (code B ref 14743); Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14743) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jun 2013 23:06:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48616 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4EG-0008WE-62 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:06:52 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:24742) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ut4EF-0008Vv-2A for 14743@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r5TN6jOX000992 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:06:45 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5TN6irY011681 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:06:44 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt117.oracle.com (abhmt117.oracle.com [141.146.116.69]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5TN6iCZ011677; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:06:44 GMT In-Reply-To: <87zju8lfr3.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6668.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] 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:75731 Archived-At: > > Optional argument DEFAULT is a string or a list of the form > > \(DEFLT . SUGGESTIONS), where DEFLT is a string or nil. >=20 > The name DEFLT is too obscure. OK. For years we called even some very prominent command parameters DEF. That can be confused with "def" as in "define" or "definition", but it would probably be OK here: (DEF . SUGGESTIONS). The parameter name should not be the same as its car.