From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#43307: 28.0.50; `diff-no-select': no documentation for BUF argument Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:37:50 +0300 Message-ID: <838sdgh4kh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r1r94a41.fsf@gnus.org> <834ko4j16t.fsf@gnu.org> <87zh5wxzuj.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33602"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: p.stephani2@gmail.com, 43307@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 11 14:38:10 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJd-0008ex-K6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:38:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51552 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJc-0006r5-Me for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:38:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35570) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJW-0006qp-TK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59537) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJW-0001g5-KJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJW-0006Z9-I7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:38:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43307 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 43307-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43307.159982788125226 (code B ref 43307); Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 43307) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Sep 2020 12:38:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42848 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJV-0006Yn-HI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:38:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59856) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJT-0006YS-Qe for 43307@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:38:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:37084) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJO-0001fX-IA; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:37:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1934 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kGiJN-00084f-Dt; Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:37:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87zh5wxzuj.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:27:48 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:187826 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: p.stephani2@gmail.com, 43307@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:27:48 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Also, the new doc string of diff-no-select uses too much of passive > > tense; can we improve that? > > I've taken a what of it. > > > And finally, the SWITCHES argument is left semi-documented, since the > > doc string of 'diff' doesn't tell what happens in non-interactive > > calls if SWITCHES is specified, and doesn't say what should be its > > form in that case. > > I've now removed the punting to diff and just explained the options in > this doc string. > > > Thanks, but please backport this to the release branch, as doc changes > > should be installed there. > > If the final result now looks OK, I can backport it. It didn't seem > important enough (it's an internal function) to me, though. I think you forgot to push...