bug#32959: 26; Emacs manual index entry `C-SPC C-SPC disabling Transient Mark'

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:00:44 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 32959-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > This index entry seems to be misnamed.  Compare, for example, the index
> > > entry for `C-u C-x C-x' (which goes to the same node).  The latter entry
> > > is named just `C-u C-x C-x', not `C-u C-x C-x disabling Transient Mark'.
> > 
> > There is already an index entry "C-SPC C-SPC", so we need to
> > disambiguate the second one.
> 
> In that case, the plain `C-SPC C-SPC' should be something like
> `C-SPC C-SPC, set mark without activating'.

I don't agree.  My rule is to have the unqualified name where the
subject is described in its fullest, and qualify the places which
describe its minor aspects and variations.

> That's very few occurrences, for all of Emacs: 4 in manuals, 10 in doc strings.

Maybe so, but it's a valid use of the wording.