From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: icomplete-vertical-mode not taking effect Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:08:26 +0300 Message-ID: References: <877diqrhm6.fsf@posteo.net> <87sg1dzgzq.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4545"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 20 08:12:18 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1luqgs-0000xo-6J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:12:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33632 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1luqgr-0006Or-8v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2021 02:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49760) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1luqgU-0006Oc-II for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2021 02:11:54 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:40563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1luqgS-00043z-Qb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2021 02:11:54 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.61]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000D9933.0000000060CEDC26.0000637F; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 23:11:49 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87sg1dzgzq.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: 29 X-Spam_score: 2.9 X-Spam_bar: ++ X-Spam_report: (2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131070 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-06-20 00:23]: > Jean Louis wrote: > > > Without entering into your drama: > > > > Emacs is the advanced, extensible, customizable, > > self-documenting editor. > > Well, that last part I don't know, Emacs provides several > interfaces to search and browse documentation and Elisp > docstrings are integrated (found) in the code itself, also > a `defun' that is put into effect (i.e., `eval'd) is then > immediately accessible thru the help system, there is also > a couple of helpers to improve code style and documentation > (they even remind you to add it if it isn't there) - all this > is well and good but OTOH 1) why wouldn't it be like that? > and 2) you _still_ have to write the actual documentation ... I would like that Emacs could develop itself on its own including to self-document itself, like you say. The term "self-documenting" it not in that context. IMHO, it refers to built-in documentation like docstrings, manuals, etc. There are editors not having documentation built-in. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/