From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: docstrings and elisp reference Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 05:32:41 +0300 Message-ID: <838tkqyqie.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0BB64F35-233A-471F-B99F-51F96C4E6CCB@gmail.com> <8360g99n07.fsf@gnu.org> <86lgp4q2xa.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <13fd66c8-b22b-5b87-bd8c-34dbe0c7ec38@yandex.ru> <3d5a1ca0-645f-421f-8044-f344c586705d@default> <0d081c78-3e64-4cc3-afdd-471b49f21f24@yandex.ru> <83r2yw8iyu.fsf@gnu.org> <8241d6cf-0902-5f3b-9060-8bb445c02fed@yandex.ru> <20170617130435.GA2955@acm.fritz.box> <9da1fc4f-1916-7d29-b9de-2ed265a9cf9a@yandex.ru> <20170617201423.GB2955@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497753187 23180 195.159.176.226 (18 Jun 2017 02:33:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 02:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 18 04:33:01 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dMQ1M-0005dn-KJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jun 2017 04:33:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36886 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMQ1R-0003Ab-Su for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 22:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44637) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMQ1M-00039q-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 22:33:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMQ1I-0002P2-W3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 22:33:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49861) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMQ1I-0002Ov-Sc; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 22:32:56 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3020 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dMQ1I-0007cF-0J; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 22:32:56 -0400 In-reply-to: <20170617201423.GB2955@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sat, 17 Jun 2017 20:14:23 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:215728 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 20:14:23 +0000 > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, > drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > > > For what it's worth, I read the Elisp manual frequently. > > > Okay. But do you refer to it more often than to docstrings? > > No, I refer to doc strings more often, but I probably spend about the > same amount of time reading doc strings and the manuals. With Emacs > being so extensive, I can't possibly hold the details of even what I use > every day in my head. Heck, I even consult the CC Mode manual (which I > largely wrote) to help me adjust my CC Mode configuration. That's also my experience, FWIW.