From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29400: 26.0; Add Elisp manual index entry for `defvar' to node `Compiler Errors' Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:10:28 +0200 Message-ID: <83wp2f8uwr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <> <<83a7zbagbk.fsf@gnu.org>> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511543534 6014 195.159.176.226 (24 Nov 2017 17:12:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 29400@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 24 18:12:11 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHWG-0000va-VM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 18:12:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50397 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHWO-00046R-Cv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHWI-00046B-J8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:12:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHWE-0003uV-9l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:12:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHWE-0003qy-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHWD-0004Vs-MX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:12:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29400 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29400-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29400.151154346717269 (code B ref 29400); Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29400) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2017 17:11:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56244 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHVL-0004UT-FQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:11:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36350) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHVI-0004Ty-Ot for 29400@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:11:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHVA-0008AP-Cc for 29400@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:10:59 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34656) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHVA-000896-9C; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:10:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3171 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eIHV8-0007xY-Az; Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:10:56 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 24 Nov 2017 08:54:39 -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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:140322 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 08:54:39 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 29400-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > > but I don't understand why you wanted an > > index entry with "defvar" in it. A reader who will look for "defvar" > > when they want to find ways of suppressing compiler warnings already > > knows that defvar is used for that purpose, so why would they use such > > a topic at Info-index's prompt? > > To find exactly what the manual says about it. But defvar is described elsewhere, and index entries about it should lead there. And after my changes, the description there mentions its use for suppressing warnings, so I don't think an index entry leading elsewhere is needed. > Looking in the index for `warning' is not the only > reasonable way to use an index for this - see above. Feel free to suggest other topics, but "defvar" is definitely not one of them.