From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1164: 23.0.60; Doc strings of mode-name, mode-line-format and format-mode-line Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:42:09 -0400 Message-ID: <4x1vyjklpq.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 1164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224015165 18772 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2008 20:12:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:12:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 14 22:13:43 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1KpqFO-0001UV-Dy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:12:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KpqEJ-0007A3-K2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KpqDX-0006n0-VW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KpqDU-0006kn-UQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52872 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KpqDU-0006kL-JC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:46489) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KpqDS-0004nC-V0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9EK9xlD004037; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:09:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m9EJo3T0031083; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:50:03 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1164 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1164-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1164.122401348729750 (code B ref 1164); Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1164) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 14 Oct 2008 19:44:47 +0000 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9EJifmO029744 for <1164@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:44:42 -0700 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KppmT-00081n-BD; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:42:09 -0400 X-Spook: Osama Audiotel AMW Al-Qaeda MIT-LL unclassified broadside X-Ran: ak&?yxr9O1=;eoo0\?4G=|C3]e9uDidgu%d8k2K"h#h"_Bde1c6v12Ndz:`q&c?E5E%NFq X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:19:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:10:06 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:21484 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Usually a string. See `mode-line-format' for other possible forms. > Use the function `format-mode-line' to get the value as a string. Better? This is usually a string, but can take any of the forms described for `mode-line-format'. Use `(format-mode-line mode-name)' to ensure a string value.