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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.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-19 12:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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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