From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35163: 25.1; `narrow-to-region' docstring no mention of args Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:01:06 +0300 Message-ID: <83r2afa4od.fsf@gnu.org> References: <868swoffpi.fsf@zoho.eu> <83ftqwb788.fsf@gnu.org> <86wok8dzi8.fsf@zoho.eu> <83bm1jbqgi.fsf@gnu.org> <86mul3bodv.fsf@zoho.eu> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="200393"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35163@debbugs.gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 06 11:02:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hChDG-000pz2-JQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:02:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hChDF-0005Ro-LD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:02:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53118) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hChD9-0005Rj-L7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:02:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hChD8-0008PI-Nf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:02:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hChD8-0008PD-GI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hChD8-0006DD-Cg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:02:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35163 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35163-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35163.155454128623831 (code B ref 35163); Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35163) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Apr 2019 09:01:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46549 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hChCX-0006CJ-PI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:01:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38517) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hChCV-0006C4-UT for 35163@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:01:24 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38167) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hChCQ-0007wH-Ly; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:01:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1417 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hChCP-0000Sx-Ak; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 05:01:17 -0400 In-reply-to: <86mul3bodv.fsf@zoho.eu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:10:04 +0200) 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: 209.51.188.43 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:157258 Archived-At: > From: Emanuel Berg > Cc: 35163@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:10:04 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> The words START and END do not appear, in > >> that order, in the docstring. Actually, they > >> don't appear at all. That means they are > >> not searchable. > > > > This is a command, first and foremost. > > The primary goal of its doc string is to tell > > users (not Lisp programmers) how to use the > > command and what it does. In interactive > > usage, START and END come from the region and > > are not under user control explicitly. > > > > So I don't think there's anything wrong with > > this doc string. > > ;;; docstring-experiment.el --- illustrate docstring deficiency Please don't ask me to run arbitrary code I receive from the Internet. I'd appreciate a direct response to what I wrote above. Thanks.