From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired' Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 08:23:22 +0300 Message-ID: <83v8gqw6ut.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10570"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 63557@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 18 07:24:24 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW7j-0002WT-8C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 May 2023 07:24:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW7V-0005Ne-8f; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:24:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW7P-0005NR-7Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:24:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW7N-0005nE-W3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW7N-0002c5-Ri for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:24:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 05:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 63557 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 63557-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B63557.16843874019997 (code B ref 63557); Thu, 18 May 2023 05:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 63557) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 May 2023 05:23:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51682 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW6j-0002bA-C0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:23:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41226) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW6h-0002aw-8M for 63557@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:23:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW6b-0005ez-43; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:23:13 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=2u97UXl45tQ9Q8e5ikcqZypmpqeoIYW1Jf6r9FavTfg=; b=A//TIaT14ZpQ Qt5rhBBVSVZ/jwP/yflVamIKMwvBtg3IlMS+n87s77erxh2I7FiSWJxfmsOe6CtrR5JcEfd/ReFW1 h4nIR5AMEUb9VMkkXFTnFD3B1dTIK39zPJ1nxYtjKEhfowUPsSbmWXokkgtJJo8X/D6t35u7kdY6Z S/qs1yOBS0Z4SELrEQnZ1rKvnQo/XJot3L2cJLuxoDtnGGGZav8btX2FW+SVLYIOapdzthaniMeG6 BVeHVm3dTOOri5SY7uirlz20QHo3E0gYU8bSIVfF+yxFLeFeomQbD8moKvl1uj0vrHT9tHqoWZqce 5LPzogYmOcfAIUfqdQHMUw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pzW6a-0005xv-G5; Thu, 18 May 2023 01:23:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 17 May 2023 19:43:17 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:261893 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 19:43:17 +0000 > > Instead of just saying that non-nil allows `find-file' to visit > directories, say also (as does (emacs) `Visiting') that otherwise (i.e., > nil) raises an error when the arg is a directory name. How would you interpret "allows" in any other sense? What could "does not allow" mean when the value is nil? IOW, I don't see why would we need to spoon-feed the user in this case. The meaning of nil is crystal clear to me.