From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31207: 26; Doc strings of commands and other functions of `replace.el' Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:14:41 +0300 Message-ID: <831rvmw7hq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5cbda7e0-323f-450f-9e64-b73fc3b39e44@default> <81b71baa-dd6c-46a5-900a-47d84492c560@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="260342"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, 31207-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 09 20:11:57 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iIGRI-0015cH-3N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 20:11:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53614 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iIGRF-0008Mo-0f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:11:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iI90l-0000kx-RD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:16:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iI90k-0006Ty-Q1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43345) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iI90k-0006Tt-Md for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iI90k-0004yk-HX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:16:02 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 31207 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 31207@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 31207-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D31207.157061611019054 (code D ref 31207); Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31207-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Oct 2019 10:15:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52165 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iI8zt-0004xE-R4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46484) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iI8zr-0004x0-TJ for 31207-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:15:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38232) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iI8zm-0006CR-Kr; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4519 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iI8zk-0005F6-J4; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:15:01 -0400 In-reply-to: <81b71baa-dd6c-46a5-900a-47d84492c560@default> (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 8 Oct 2019 07:37:18 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:168734 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 07:37:18 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 31207@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Drew> If you feel that this bug is completely fixed in > > Drew> Emacs 27, please close it as "fixed". Thx. > > > > I canʼt answer that, because I donʼt know which of the defuns in > > replace.el you feel are underdocumented. Please donʼt say 'all of > > them'. > > Any doc string that does not describe all of > the function arguments, either directly or > indirectly (by referencing another doc string). > > This is nothing new. Function doc strings > should describe the arguments. That's all. What an unhelpful response. Do you realize how such responses shoot yourself (and us) in the foot by preventing well-meaning contributors from fixing your bug reports? I fixed the doc strings in all functions except perform-replace. The latter is clearly an internal function, and its doc string says so.