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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 13503@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13503: 24.3.50; option `scroll-bar-adjust-thumb-portion'
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:29:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pq0zq0lz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0C40FAA8B97C43979D93F2C7CD29DDE6@us.oracle.com>

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <13503@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:33:08 -0800
> 
> > Since it's only available on X (based on features that need X), you
> > don't see its doc string on Windows.
> 
> Windows users should either not have the variable at all or they should see its
> doc, which should let them know that it is not usable on Windows.  It is wrong
> for them to have the variable and not be able to see its doc.

What do you mean by "have the variable"?  If I try to evaluate it on
Windows, I get an error:

  Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable scroll-bar-adjust-thumb-portion)
    eval(scroll-bar-adjust-thumb-portion nil)
    eval-last-sexp-1(t)
    eval-last-sexp(t)
    eval-print-last-sexp()
    call-interactively(eval-print-last-sexp nil nil)

This is what I'd expect, and it seems so would you.  So where's the
problem exactly?

> And NEWS should call out the fact that it is only for Emacs that uses X Window.

Agreed.

> We currently say nothing at all about this option in NEWS, except that it is
> new.  In that case, (all) users must be able to get info about it from Emacs in
> some other way, e.g., C-h v or a manual.

It will probably get fixed before the release.  Or should be.





  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-20 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-19 22:52 bug#13503: 24.3.50; option `scroll-bar-adjust-thumb-portion' Drew Adams
2013-01-19 23:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-01-20  3:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-20  4:33   ` Drew Adams
2013-01-20 16:29     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2013-01-20 17:10       ` Drew Adams
2013-01-20 18:10         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-20 20:45           ` Drew Adams

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