From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things. Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:24:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87twnfd607.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20151216202605.GA3752@acm.fritz.box> <87fuz0ydvb.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83poy4xm60.fsf@gnu.org> <871tak15pb.fsf@gmx.us> <8360zwxgbu.fsf@gnu.org> <87vb7wdpz5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <831takxccb.fsf@gnu.org> <87egej3dvb.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83h9jfwuab.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450459526 11686 80.91.229.3 (18 Dec 2015 17:25:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:25:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rasmus@gmx.us, Phillip Lord To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 18 18:25:25 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a9ymT-0003K8-3z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:25:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34208 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9ymS-0002R1-5A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:25:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45969) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9ylp-0001zZ-Bb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:24:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9ylo-0008Tw-DP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:24:45 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44680) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9yll-0008Sc-QZ; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:24:41 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41109 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1a9yll-0002Z2-1u; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:24:41 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A9ED6E2C49; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:24:40 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <83h9jfwuab.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:17:32 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) 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: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196481 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) >> Cc: David Kastrup , , >> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:44:56 +0000 >>=20 >> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >>=20 >> >> =E2=80=94 The Detailed Node Listing =E2=80=94 >> >> =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94= =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94 >> >>=20 >> >> Here are some other nodes which are really subnodes of the ones >> >> already listed, mentioned here so you can get to them in one step: >> >>=20 >> >> section? >> > >> > Yes, and it's flat. >> > >> > Or maybe we are not using the same English language, and your meaning >> > of "flat" is different from mine. >>=20 >> In the sense that "Conditionals" appears in the detailed node listing, >> but that "Pattern Matching" does not. > > That's simply a bug in the manual. If no one beats me to it, I will > fix it soon. As much fun as proving me wrong must be, that seems excessive. I'm likely not alone in the belief that the "Detailed Node Listing" is an intentional addition rather than the outcome of a bug. --=20 David Kastrup