From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Docstring of rename-buffer
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:59:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vctk54gp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvhb56j1ec.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:05:37 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> DEFUN ("rename-buffer", Frename_buffer, Srename_buffer, 1, 2,
>> - "(list (read-string \"Rename buffer (to new name): \" \
>> + "(list (read-string (format \"Rename %s to: \" (current-buffer)) \
>> nil 'buffer-name-history (buffer-name (current-buffer))) \
>> current-prefix-arg)",
>> doc: /* Change current buffer's name to NEWNAME (a string).
>
> Sounds good, please apply,
For consistency with other similar commands, I think it's better to ask
"Rename buffer to: ", omitting the old buffer name.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-26 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-24 12:42 Docstring of rename-buffer Antoine Levitt
2011-08-24 15:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-24 15:37 ` Antoine Levitt
2011-08-26 19:59 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
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