From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 24051@debbugs.gnu.org, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk
Subject: bug#24051: 24.5; doc of `external-debugging-output'
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:14:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838tcgio4m.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lgghk1q6.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (message from Noam Postavsky on Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:22:41 -0500)
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:22:41 -0500
> Cc: 24051@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> I don't think it fits under "Output Functions" though, as it says:
>
> This section describes the Lisp functions for printing Lisp
> objects--converting objects into their printed representation.
>
> It's rather an example of an output stream, so it should go in the
> previous section:
But you can also mention it there, with a cross-reference.
> --- a/doc/lispref/streams.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/streams.texi
> @@ -530,6 +530,12 @@ Output Streams
> Calling @code{concat} converts the list to a string so you can see its
> contents more clearly.
>
> +@findex stderr
stderr is not a function, so @findex is not appropriate for it. I'd
rather suggest this:
@cindex @code{stderr} stream, use for debugging
> +@defun external-debugging-output character
> +This function can be useful as an output stream when debugging. It
> +writes @var{character} to the standard error stream.
> +@end defun
Thanks, this is good for the release branch.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-29 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-22 16:01 bug#24051: 24.5; doc of `external-debugging-output' Drew Adams
2016-07-24 16:00 ` Phillip Lord
2018-01-28 23:22 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-01-28 23:49 ` Drew Adams
2018-01-29 0:24 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-01-29 14:47 ` Drew Adams
2018-01-30 13:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-29 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-30 0:38 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-01-30 8:22 ` Michael Albinus
2018-01-30 13:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-30 14:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-31 3:43 ` Noam Postavsky
[not found] ` <87a7wtkecz.fsf@russet.org.uk>
2018-01-31 19:38 ` Phillip Lord
[not found] ` <<bf7223d4-212a-417f-a39b-8835e2778168@default>
[not found] ` <<83k1vzh2rq.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-01-30 15:09 ` Drew Adams
2018-01-29 17:14 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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