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#35222: 26.1; `read-command' documentation Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:02:20 +0300 Message-ID: <834l7463o3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <54098355-6406-459c-9a3a-b7c5b4fe286b@default> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="102752"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35222-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 11 16:03:32 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 (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaId-000QRj-8q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:03:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49398 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaIc-00056q-9M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:03:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaIC-0004wX-EO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:03:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaIB-000156-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:03:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41438) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaIB-000150-83 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaIA-0003OY-Vj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:03:03 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 35222 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 35222@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 35222-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D35222.155499136913020 (code D ref 35222); Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35222-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Apr 2019 14:02:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54981 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaHx-0003Nw-7U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:02:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39121) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaHt-0003Nb-FW for 35222-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:02:47 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55757) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaHn-0000xl-Vz; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:02:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1615 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hEaHn-0003sJ-91; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:02:39 -0400 In-reply-to: <54098355-6406-459c-9a3a-b7c5b4fe286b@default> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:13:31 -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:157497 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:13:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > > 1. The doc string does not say what happens if DEFAULT is not provided > (so `nil') and the user enters empty input. And what happens is not > obvious. Please add that information to the doc string. Thanks, fixed. > 2. What does happen? Well, it's documented in (elisp) `High-Level > Completion'. But please add information to that Info node that helps > users understand a return value that is an empty-named interned > symbol, which has the print and read syntax `##'. It's pretty > unusual for the default behavior of a read command to return such an > odd beast. (The default behavior is the case when arg DEFAULT is > absent, hence `nil'.) And please provide a cross-reference to node > `Symbol Type', which explains this syntax. Done.