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#38921: Descriptions of elisp function 'modify-frame-parameters frame alist' in the lispref manual. Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 19:07:13 +0200 Message-ID: <837e27gnge.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="164931"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 38921@debbugs.gnu.org To: Takesi Ayanokoji Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 04 18:08:10 2020 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 1inmuH-000gnO-VN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 18:08:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35528 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1inmuG-0007ov-T6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:08:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47487) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1inmuB-0007oa-CN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:08:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1inmuA-0003ah-F1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:08:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37357) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1inmuA-0003ZB-AB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:08:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1inmuA-0007ST-3Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:08:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 17:08:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 38921 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 38921-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B38921.157815764128619 (code B ref 38921); Sat, 04 Jan 2020 17:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 38921) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jan 2020 17:07:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43330 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1inmtU-0007RX-S5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:07:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37158) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1inmtS-0007RK-Vd for 38921@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:07:19 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53372) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1inmtN-0008Lu-In; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:07:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4574 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1inmtM-00032Y-OH; Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:07:13 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Takesi Ayanokoji on Sun, 5 Jan 2020 01:47:41 +0900) 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:174168 Archived-At: > From: Takesi Ayanokoji > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 01:47:41 +0900 > > Some parameters are only meaningful for frames on certain kinds of display (@pxref{Frames}). If @var{alist} > includes parameters that are not meaningful for the @var{frame}'s display, this function will change its value > in the frame's parameter list, but will otherwise ignore it. > --- > > So, my question is, > Either 'not' or 'otherwise' is not necessary, isn't it? No, both are necessary. The "otherwise" part means "other than changing the value of the parameter".