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From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Lisp error on function :documentation
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 02:59:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kNSqX0pp908LhRe5OnCpYkqNcop1yjpv5pRarvSPqPC9r3h3xwkLHmPz1DN41JtRnh1a_UoxXMBEHEFHFAi0SQl2YJ1uzY3J2u8jHaF9Q8U=@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sfjo5vqu.fsf@web.de>

------- Original Message -------
On Sunday, October 16th, 2022 at 2:48 AM, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:


> Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org writes:
> 
> > I am getting the following lisp error: (void-function
> > :documentation). Seems correct to me.
> > 
> > (defun ivy-config ()
> > 
> > (:documentation (concat "Ivy completion.\n\n" ivy-details))
> 
> 
> I think it's better to avoid undocumented features unless absolutely
> sure how they work or being able to find out.
> 
> Michael.

The intention was to be able to append more detailed documentation
to the docstring, without having the documentation part of the function
too long.  Is there something equivalent to the undocumented use of 
":documentation" ?  

Otherwise, I would have to append it after defining the function, which is
not ideal.




  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-16  2:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-15 23:48 Lisp error on function :documentation Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-16  2:48 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16  2:59   ` Heime [this message]
2022-10-16  3:37     ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16  3:50       ` Heime
2022-10-16  4:12         ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16  4:30           ` Heime
2022-10-16 22:53             ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16 23:08               ` Heime
2022-10-16 23:23                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16 15:23           ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-16 22:58             ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16 23:09               ` Heime
2022-10-16 23:25                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16 23:39                   ` Heime
2022-10-16 23:43                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-17  0:07                       ` Heime
2022-10-17  0:15                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-17  1:01                           ` Heime
2022-10-17  1:15                             ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-17  1:01                           ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-17  1:22                             ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-17  1:27                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-17  2:08                               ` Heime
2022-10-17  2:42                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-17  3:03                                   ` Heime
2022-10-17  3:19                                     ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-17  1:00                 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-17  1:55                   ` Heime
2022-10-17 12:28                     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-17 13:15                       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-17 19:27                         ` tomas
2022-10-17 21:32                           ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-18  0:51                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-18  1:05                         ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-16  3:56 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-16  4:00   ` Heime
2022-10-16  4:05     ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-16  4:07     ` Stefan Monnier

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