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#25357: 25.1; Doc for `cursor-sensor-mode' (and modes generally) Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:57:55 +0200 Message-ID: <83lguod3i4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <9ad8b225-73da-4533-a676-b0f8e84e54ca@default> <878tqq5fw2.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <678f8299-e6e8-4b08-a412-bf367194f6d7@default> <87a8b44z72.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483689496 14161 195.159.176.226 (6 Jan 2017 07:58:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 07:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25357@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 06 08:58:11 2017 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 1cPPPZ-0002MR-1X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:58:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51085 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPd-0008BE-5y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:58:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37799) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPX-0008Aw-3W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:58:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPW-0001fY-Fw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:58:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:57247) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPW-0001fU-CG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:58:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPW-0007bF-6L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:58:02 -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, 06 Jan 2017 07:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25357 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25357-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25357.148368946929195 (code B ref 25357); Fri, 06 Jan 2017 07:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25357) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2017 07:57:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44413 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPJ-0007ao-7n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:57:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46794) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPPH-0007ad-Ng for 25357@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:57:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPP8-0001cK-C7 for 25357@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:57:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPP8-0001cG-8w; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:57:38 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4201 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cPPP7-0001SW-BI; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:57:37 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:50:29 -0800 (PST)) 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:127823 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:50:29 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 25357@debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii > > > This is a subjective thing of course. I guess it seems obvious to me > > that a command can be called as a function, and it's explained in > > `(elisp) What Is a Function'. Adding cross references to that in every > > place we talk about invoking some command is just clutter. > > Yes, of course. But I don't think it is obvious to some > who read the _Emacs_ manual how they might turn on a major > mode using Lisp. People who write Lisp should read the ELisp manual, and expect issues related to Lisp to be covered there. The user manual is not the right place for that.