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#22296: 25.1.50; Document changes to `delete-selection-mode' Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 21:05:00 +0200 Message-ID: <83r3hy8owz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<<<660d1a46-fd5a-460f-8f26-50ba9a52cc60@default>>>> <<<<83mvsmadhv.fsf@gnu.org>>>> <<<940d59ef-c3d6-42df-ba0c-602cc154d431@default>>> <<<834meua953.fsf@gnu.org>>> <<68435980-44a2-4d33-8f64-8fbbdedb4a4e@default>> <<83vb7a8pxi.fsf@gnu.org>> <8b4cae3f-6f4c-4784-85fc-36a659fe15fd@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451847981 652 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2016 19:06:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:06:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22296@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 03 20:06:12 2016 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 1aFnyl-0005Qg-TD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 20:06:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42572 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnyh-0008Nf-Uj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:06:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42242) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnyf-0008NY-4w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:06:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnyb-0006nH-VL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:06:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48672) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnyb-0006nD-Re for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:06:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnyb-0003JE-M7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:06:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22296 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22296-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22296.145184791112662 (code B ref 22296); Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jan 2016 19:05:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36892 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnxn-0003IA-0V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:05:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51139) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnxl-0003Hw-Cc for 22296@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:05:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnxd-0006OR-2y for 22296@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:05:04 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnxc-0006ON-VP; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:05:00 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2569 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aFnxb-0007RP-89; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:04:59 -0500 In-reply-to: <8b4cae3f-6f4c-4784-85fc-36a659fe15fd@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 3 Jan 2016 10:52:23 -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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:111161 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 10:52:23 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 22296-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > Really? The fact that you (apparently) can no longer specify that > > > a given command is handled by killing the region? The fact that > > > there is a new possible value for the property (what is it for)? > > > > > > How is a user supposed to understand how to use d-s-mode if these > > > things are not documented - either in a doc string or in a manual? > > > > How did they understand this before? > > It was in the doc string of d-s-mode. Each of the possible > property values was described. In what version of Emacs? I tried 24.3 and 24.1, and didn't see that there. Maybe I'm blind or didn't look where you intended me to look. But then you never actually said that, did you? > > This bug report says "please document changes to > > delete-selection-mode". I have shown that what was documented before > > was updated. > > No. Previously the doc string documented the possible values > for the property. The new value is missing. > > (And the deprecated value was removed from the doc string > of the mode command but not from the doc string of *-helper.) Please tell explicitly what function/variables you are alluding to here, where this documentation existed and was removed. Also, I don't know what *-helper refers to.