From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18087: 24.4.50; doc string of `kill-region' Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4409d895-ca1b-43f6-81e0-550a52e25d33@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1406130637 20749 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2014 15:50:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:50:37 +0000 (UTC) To: 18087@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 23 17:50:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X9yoE-0001CK-GS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:50:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45757 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9yoE-0003d0-6K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:50:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46883) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9yo0-0003WE-NB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:50:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynq-0004qL-Ds for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:50:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40473) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynq-0004q3-Ah for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynp-0006d2-T1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:50:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:50:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 18087 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.140613060025464 (code B ref -1); Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:50:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2014 15:50:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35739 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynj-0006cU-Ej for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45036) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynd-0006bw-EJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynO-0004m4-2R for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:44 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:51509) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynO-0004m0-04 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9ynE-0002x9-D2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9yn1-0004iA-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:24 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:34597) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9yn1-0004hz-Me for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:49:11 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s6NFn9OT027432 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:49:10 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s6NFn9vv016974 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:49:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0016.oracle.com (abhmp0016.oracle.com [141.146.116.22]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s6NFn8HY012986 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:49:08 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91754 Archived-At: This text was added to the doc string for Emacs 24.4: The optional argument REGION if non-nil, indicates that we're not just kil= ling some text between BEG and END, but we're killing the region. 1. That text should be filled, so the lines are no wider than 70 columns. 2. The text should say what this "indication" MEANS. To what or to whom are "we" indicating this fact? And why? What is the USER-VISIBLE EFFECT of a non-nil REGION arg? Why/when would might one want to pass non-nil REGION? IOW, WHAT IS THIS PARAMETER FOR? In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-06-28 on ODIEONE Bzr revision: 117431 rgm@gnu.org-20140628015517-eku6hj8mpgcvfnso Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/Devel/emacs/snapshot/trunk --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib 'CPPFLAGS=3D-DGC_MCHECK=3D1 -Ic:/Devel/emacs/include''