From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 48511@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48511: 26.3; Doc string of `global-display-line-numbers-mode'
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 15:04:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834kezq6a2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SA2PR10MB4474BF8279C1886D95CD3901F32C9@SA2PR10MB4474.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 18 May 2021 22:25:28 +0000)
tags 48511 wontfix
close 48511
thanks
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 22:25:28 +0000
>
> The Emacs manual, node `Display Custom' says this:
>
> The command 'M-x display-line-numbers-mode' provides a convenient way
> to turn on display of line numbers. This mode has a globalized variant,
> 'global-display-line-numbers-mode'. The user option
> 'display-line-numbers-type' controls which sub-mode of line-number
> display, described above, will these modes activate.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> [...]
>
> Please add the same or similar text about this option to the doc string
> of the global mode function as you have in the doc string of the local
> mode.
I don't agree that we should bloat the doc strings (and thus the Emacs
memory footprint) because some user failed to follow a link that
already exists. That's a slippery slope I'd rather we don't take.
Closing.
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2021-05-18 22:25 bug#48511: 26.3; Doc string of `global-display-line-numbers-mode' Drew Adams
2021-05-19 12:04 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-05-20 22:09 ` bug#48511: [External] : " Drew Adams
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