From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16744: 24.3.50; REGRESSION: C-h v does not show doc for `ediff-highlight-all-diffs' Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:14:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83bnyac5fm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4d0cbf1a-914e-493c-bb2f-186229902418@default> <1913911dabee4a1e979c4914631ac676@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu> <52FDF361.5060903@stonybrook.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392376518 25987 80.91.229.3 (14 Feb 2014 11:15:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16744@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Kifer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 14 12:15:23 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGjq-0000Fd-D0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:15:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51155 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGjp-0000ES-W0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:15:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44303) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGjc-0000Bi-MR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:15:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGjX-0004Eu-Dv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:15:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50564) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGjX-0004EE-BX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGjW-0005EE-OA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:15:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16744 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16744-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16744.139237645920009 (code B ref 16744); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16744) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Feb 2014 11:14:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51742 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGio-0005Cf-Ln for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:14:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:55482) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WEGil-0005C5-PH for 16744@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:14:17 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N0Z00100GC5G700@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 16744@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:14:09 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N0Z001ANGJK6F70@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:14:09 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <52FDF361.5060903@stonybrook.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85557 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:43:45 -0500 > From: Michael Kifer > CC: "16744@debbugs.gnu.org" <16744@debbugs.gnu.org> > > This problem is caused by some change in the emacs compiler. > The reason I was not seeing it is because I was using .elc files of > my development copy of ediff, which were compiled with an older > version of emacs. With those .elc's the documentation string was > being shown. > > Perhaps the empty doc-string in defvar now zaps the doc-string > specified in the preceding defcustom while previously it didn't? If > so, the previous behavior was smarter. But why do we need both the defcustom and the defvar in the macro?