From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documenting define-generic-mode. Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:15:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200504290015.j3T0FWA07161@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <87mzrqpzye.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87ekcvxb5t.fsf@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114733722 22272 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2005 00:15:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 02:15:19 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRJ9x-0003fd-4h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:15:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRJGA-0004MR-My for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:21:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DRJG3-0004MC-Cp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DRJG1-0004M0-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRJG1-00044s-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:21:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DRJEi-0005Q7-Fw; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:20:04 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3T0FWog010763; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:15:32 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j3T0FWA07161; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:15:32 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl In-reply-to: <87ekcvxb5t.fsf@xs4all.nl> (message from Lute Kamstra on Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:50:54 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36489 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36489 Lute Kamstra wrote: This macro creates a new generic mode. The argument @var{mode} is the name of the command for the generic mode; it need not be quoted. "Name" sounds like a string. "need not" sounds like it is up to the user whether he quotes it or not. Is this really correct or is it true that it must not be quoted? Of course, the same problems apply to the docstring from which the above quote was copied. What about: This macro creates a new generic mode. @var{mode} (an unquoted symbol) is the major mode command. Sincerely, Luc.