From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32959: 26; Emacs manual index entry `C-SPC C-SPC disabling Transient Mark' Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:11:02 +0300 Message-ID: <83a7njw8zt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<9b01a158-aff2-42b2-88e3-c29d704cc22a@default>> <<83k1mnwoiv.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1539353409 6396 195.159.176.226 (12 Oct 2018 14:10:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 32959@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 12 16:10:04 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAy8g-0001Vn-Pt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:10:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40870 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAyAn-00023i-7j for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:12:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAyAg-00023a-Eo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:12:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAyAc-00036t-Fp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:12:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43104) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAyAc-00036b-B2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAyAc-00041o-1W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:12:02 -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, 12 Oct 2018 14:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32959 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32959-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32959.153935347615425 (code B ref 32959); Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32959) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Oct 2018 14:11:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47362 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAy9s-00040j-5g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:11:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37370) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gAy9q-00040W-KX for 32959@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:11:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAy9h-0001db-KF for 32959@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36348) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAy9d-0001Vs-R6; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3224 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gAy9b-0004Pm-GX; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:10:59 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:00:44 +0000 (UTC)) 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: 208.118.235.43 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:151175 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:00:44 +0000 (UTC) > From: Drew Adams > 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.