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#8682: 24.0.50; doc strings of `isearch-mode', `isearch-forward', etc. Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:32:23 -0300 Message-ID: References: <3CD827EDF5994E3DB18AC6E3A422D7CE@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1305653591 10940 80.91.229.12 (17 May 2011 17:33:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 17:33:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8682@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 17 19:33:06 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8o-0006VB-BJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 19:33:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58529 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8n-0003RC-RS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8l-0003Pt-6K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8k-0007b9-DJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41350) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8k-0007b5-Bn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8j-0005Xf-Ob; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:33:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 17:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8682 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8682-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8682.130565355521269 (code B ref 8682); Tue, 17 May 2011 17:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8682) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 May 2011 17:32:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8I-0005Wz-ND for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:32:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8G-0005Wo-GU for 8682@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:32:33 -0400 Original-Received: from 213-159-126-200.fibertel.com.ar ([200.126.159.213]:35266 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMO8A-0002Mz-Oi; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:32:27 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C536466131; Tue, 17 May 2011 14:32:23 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: <3CD827EDF5994E3DB18AC6E3A422D7CE@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 17 May 2011 07:46:36 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 13:33:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:46518 Archived-At: > If you don't like `-P' because you think it too closely conveys > "predicate" (and you don't want to consider a variable as a nullary > predicate), then choose another naming convention for this. It is > quite helpful to suggest by a parameter's name that it represents > a truth value: nil/non-nil. `forward' works just fine, `recursive' as well. I agree that `regexp' isn't quite as clear because it's a substantive so it could also be understood to carry a regular expression, so you may prefer `use-regexp' or something like that. Stefan