From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2738: Content-free doc string: `handle-shift-selection'. Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:12:01 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20090321172343.GB6890@muc.de> <20090322225915.GA4466@muc.de> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 2738@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237775155 9569 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2009 02:25:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2738@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 23 03:27:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LlZsZ-00032M-Ja for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:27:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54440 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LlZrC-0006ZC-Qv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:25:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LlZpQ-0005yG-5w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LlZpL-0005wf-Di for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:23:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57827 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LlZpL-0005wc-Af for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:23:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57742) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LlZpK-000737-Sv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:23:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2N2Ni4P003838; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:23:44 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n2N2K452002692; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:20:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:20:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2738 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2738-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2738.12377743311276 (code B ref 2738); Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:20:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2738) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 23 Mar 2009 02:12:11 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2N2C7Qo001268 for <2738@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:12:09 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsoEAEeNxklFxIZP/2dsb2JhbACBUM8Ig34GhGc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,404,1233550800"; d="scan'208";a="35510899" Original-Received: from 69-196-134-79.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.134.79]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2009 22:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 742DFB44A5; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:12:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20090322225915.GA4466@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:59:15 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:23:51 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:26562 Archived-At: > In fact, how about just saying something like "this function ensures the > mark is set for a movement command making a CUA region", or something > like that? It's probably a good idea to mention that it's used to implement CUA-style behavior, indeed. > Does this bit not perhaps need a warning that "^" in an interactive spec > is really intended for Emacs's internal use and will throw an error on > anything but Emacs 23 (or later)? Our documentation is generally specific to the version of Emacs at hand (plus some implicit "promise" that we'll try to maintain backward compatibility in future releases), so "^" is not special in this regard. Stefan