From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 44451-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44451: 27.1; doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer'
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:12:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mtzt7coa.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06536d27-20de-407a-b79a-a633c0c459a3@default> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 4 Nov 2020 10:40:01 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 10:40:01 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> "Read a character from the minibuffer, prompting for PROMPT."
>
> You are not prompted for PROMPT. You are prompted (for a char)
> with PROMPT.
Fixed.
> "When HISTORY is a symbol, then allows navigating in a history."
>
> English: it should be "When...symbol, allow navigating..."
Fixed.
> But it's not clear what "navigating in a history" means. The
> description of `M-n' etc. isn't clear - or needed. And what if
> HISTORY is non-nil but not a symbol?
You get an error, I think.
> In any case, I suggest you just say that HISTORY is passed to
> `read-from-minibuffer', which is the case.
That isn't accurate: this function really expects HISTORY to be a
symbol of a history variable.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-07 9:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-04 18:40 bug#44451: 27.1; doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer' Drew Adams
2020-11-05 6:33 ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-07 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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