From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8853: 24.0.50; regression: doc string of `special-display-popup-frame' Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:05:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: <02BA37D6C63F4064B4ABD0B6984FFE91@us.oracle.com> <4DF726AC.5010806@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308510730 32468 80.91.229.12 (19 Jun 2011 19:12:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:12:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8853@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 19 21:12:05 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 1QYNPh-00037l-3w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:12:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51716 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNPg-0007c9-40 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:12:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46123) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNJt-0006d6-95 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNJp-00081q-TL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39268) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNJp-00081a-Jn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:06:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNJp-0007jU-JF; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8853 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8853-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8853.130851033229677 (code B ref 8853); Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8853) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jun 2011 19:05:32 +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 1QYNJL-0007ib-W2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:05:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNJJ-0007iP-DV for 8853@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:05:29 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYNJE-0001iD-6W; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:05:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DF726AC.5010806@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:15:24 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:06:01 -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:47327 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: >> This regression was introduced in release 23.1. Prior to that release, >> the doc string said, correctly, >> "If ARGS is a list whose car is a symbol, use (car ARGS) as a function >> to do the work. Pass it BUFFER as first arg, and (cdr ARGS) as the >> rest of its args." >> Now it says, incorrectly, >> "If ARGS is a list whose car is a symbol, use (car ARGS) as a >> function to do the work. Pass it BUFFER as first argument, >> and (cdr ARGS) as second." >> If ARGS is a list whose car is a symbol `f', then >> `special-display-popup-frame' invokes `f', passing it as arguments, >> BUFFER followed by all of the elements in (cdr ARGS). The arity of `f' >> is the length of ARGS, not just 2. We do not pass `f' (cdr ARGS) as a >> second argument. > > Indeed. Could someone please restore the old doc-string in Emacs 23? Fixed.