From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documenting define-generic-mode. Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 14:23:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87zmvfb0el.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <87mzrqpzye.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87ekcvxb5t.fsf@xs4all.nl> <200504290015.j3T0FWA07161@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87oebyjchb.fsf@xs4all.nl> <200504291337.j3TDb4a09100@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114950389 5937 80.91.229.2 (1 May 2005 12:26:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:26:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Luc Teirlinck , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 14:26:27 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DSDWU-0005ln-Qe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 14:26:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DSDdB-0003Ak-Ub for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 08:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DSDco-000315-A3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 08:32:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DSDcn-00030T-Pn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 08:32:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DSDcn-0002NU-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 08:32:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.109.24.26] (helo=smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DSDYT-0001Sa-5B; Sun, 01 May 2005 08:28:14 -0400 Original-Received: from pijl (a80-127-67-124.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.67.124]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j41CNFFC022529; Sun, 1 May 2005 14:23:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Lute.Kamstra@xs4all.nl) Original-Received: from lute by pijl with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DSDTe-0002rZ-00; Sun, 01 May 2005 14:23:14 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 01 May 2005 08:06:53 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 17 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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:36521 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36521 Richard Stallman writes: > Similar defining macros use unquoted symbols too. To be backward > compatible, quoting the symbol is still allowed. > > Then the original text is OK. I just thought that it _had_ to be > [un]quoted, as in most macros. > > For simplicity and consistency, we should document it as using an > unquoted arg. There is no need to document the compatibility feature > of accepting the arg with a quote. > > (It seems to be documented this way already.) Apparently, I read your mind. ;-) Lute.