From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Copley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Doc strings starting with a line break Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:06:29 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474196901 25609 195.159.176.226 (18 Sep 2016 11:08:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tino.calacha@gmail.com, Emacs developers To: Tino Calancha Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 18 13:08:16 2016 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 1blZx3-0004Vh-MA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:08:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49544 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blZx1-0003aj-Tx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:07:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58752) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blZwR-0003Zx-Jj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:07:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blZwP-0000kS-RD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22c]:36245) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blZwP-0000bF-LX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id m62so87734845vkd.3 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 04:07:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=mSzvwGhFrFxwLeLgF5C3DwqL9WqcD0U9znHdRHDVgDo=; b=og9eFb3E8wPi7gD9WOHn2M2x+o+v21/1VqKSB5P87xM3EYuzJacA7jO6GHmhAxfUnK rzu4Nrei/+FPUYlLyWI1BAYgosDQOEXbzpMAEYiUXk6zIgmPWIb/ZWbH2nJH2oLSGfHI gsBbO4fZMN114QCa7nfTuq3Bs0+S5zAfreHYtwdaPz9m5pXb6t8K7c6ExjCXlDY3B8s6 NWEfG2TGqUua6d/3Sfst9C5gUUzcm7AqluRvexHziz1t6fCrw+UOU31QHB4XFuS++5pB hmIiSD1ckO315lECEgKtHwf4MIG0qf42yEkzqK87QRGWS7cvlBMVOnARRJ8sqxE/KXwl oDYQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=mSzvwGhFrFxwLeLgF5C3DwqL9WqcD0U9znHdRHDVgDo=; b=QZtniw7OyUyw2d/3CFqxrm3w1xBjzLhXPh4pI9iTcPGh2ILzGsrjn8AGxWoHpjAUqx GafyYoVgQXZTvJ8h45fDn/zT/xuYFmOzEWQWv7s5Nxck7EKECs4J7bsysYqiMgatavT5 vOvB32OYTWIOC0iVWspc8gmBN3oBUqL57isMS1YGprpWdNr5gtNXlwv0np2I+JAqD1j1 W3P2w7UNsF8pnEzBs07/3C9Sn0y6h/MAqm0DcXRsW24djvhuH0hWco6NqajCs39ehj28 +kxbUSQGfHo/GueHpBmndjx0vVTV+7/0RnZPzR2dL0uDmuOZXmrXE+kFBjtUJcGYpv5X p4aQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwNJcVbR/45ipPLtrfNWiM5wftW9yGTv8Ns1AeXqZ9Rv86YuWOF6kk5/9myaB9hWGSvz7f0WP2cGLyqmZw== X-Received: by 10.31.235.67 with SMTP id j64mr8529651vkh.45.1474196819914; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 04:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.176.82.176 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Sep 2016 04:06:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22c 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:207537 Archived-At: On 18 September 2016 at 11:51, Tino Calancha wrote: > i am wondering what could be the reason for some doc strings > starting with a break line. > For instance, see `isearch-forward' or `looking-at-p'. The newline is escaped so it's not part of the docstring. For `looking-at-p' it allows the following line of code to fit into 80 characters. For `isearch-forward' it seems unnecessary but it has been that way for 24 years. They do things differently there :)