From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: bug#1406: backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly? Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:19:51 +0000 Message-ID: <20081127121951.GA3137@muc.de> References: <20081121231944.GB2089@muc.de> <5F3AB054-C158-4518-9C93-6938EB2D123D@xahlee.org> <20081122123644.GA3330@muc.de> <12CBE034-485F-49CE-9EF6-2C33A51AF0C1@xahlee.org> <9331FB10-71C6-4B1B-94B6-B5C9B3667B74@xahlee.org> <20081122140446.GC3330@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227787637 20289 80.91.229.12 (27 Nov 2008 12:07:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: xah lee Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 27 13:08:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L5ffF-0003ZU-DT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:08:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53089 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5fe5-0002iE-IL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:06:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5fdl-0002i9-Jb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:06:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5fdj-0002hg-2X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:06:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43527 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5fdi-0002hd-Rw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:06:34 -0500 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:4127 helo=mail.muc.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L5fdi-0002ci-70 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:06:34 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 53597 invoked by uid 3782); 27 Nov 2008 12:06:29 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E5075D.dip.t-dialin.net [217.229.7.93]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:06:27 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 3320 invoked by uid 1000); 27 Nov 2008 12:19:51 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081122140446.GC3330@muc.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60152 Archived-At: Hi, Xah! > > though, isn't this something easy to fix? > No, because it isn't a bug. It's the way the function is meant to work. > If there is a bug, it's that the doc-string (and maybe the elisp manual, > I haven't looked) is vague and incomplete. I've amended the Emacs manual (.../doc/emacs/programs.texi) and the doc strings of `backward-up-list' and several similar functions (.../lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el). If you're interested, have a look at the changes in . -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).