From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 31207@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31207: 26; Doc strings of commands and other functions of `replace.el'
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:32:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2blura2wu.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa1fddcf-9111-44f2-baf7-e4c207743c0d@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 7 Oct 2019 10:29:15 -0700 (PDT)")
>>>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 10:29:15 -0700 (PDT), Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> said:
Drew> for `query-replace(-regexp)' there is no
>> description of argument REGION-NONCONTIGUOUS-P.
>>
>> query-replace:
>>
>> Arguments FROM-STRING, TO-STRING, DELIMITED, START, END, BACKWARD, and
>> REGION-NONCONTIGUOUS-P are passed to `perform-replace' (which see).
Drew> I have only Emacs 26.3 - the latest release, and the
Drew> release I reported on. That text is not in the doc string.
OK
>> perform-replace:
>>
>> Non-nil REGION-NONCONTIGUOUS-P means that the region is composed of
>> noncontiguous pieces. The most common example of this is a
>> rectangular region, where the pieces are separated by newline
>> characters."
Drew> That too is missing from Emacs 26.3.
OK
Drew> If you feel that this bug is completely fixed in
Drew> Emacs 27, please close it as "fixed". Thx.
I canʼt answer that, because I donʼt know which of the defuns in
replace.el you feel are underdocumented. Please donʼt say 'all of
them'.
Rober
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-08 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-18 15:28 bug#31207: 26; Doc strings of commands and other functions of `replace.el' Drew Adams
2019-10-06 17:27 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-07 11:36 ` Robert Pluim
2019-10-07 17:29 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-08 11:32 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2019-10-08 14:37 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-09 10:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
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