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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 24923@debbugs.gnu.org, stephen.berman@gmx.net
Subject: bug#24923: 25.1; Lisp watchpoints
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:36:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wpfy7xkn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mvguj6lk.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (npostavs@users.sourceforge.net)

> From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
> Cc: 24923@debbugs.gnu.org,  stephen.berman@gmx.net
> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:26:15 -0500
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> +changes to the objects referenced by variables are not detected.  For
> >> +details, see @xref{Watching Variables}.
> >                 ^^^^^
> > @xref already generates "See", capitalized, so you want @ref here.
> >
> >> +Each variable has a list of watch functions stored in its
> >> +@code{watchers} symbol property, @xref{Symbol Properties}.
> >                                     ^^^^^
> > Either "see @ref" or "@pxref", because @xref generates a capitalized
> > "See", and so is only appropriate at the beginning of a sentence.
> 
> @xref seems to be generating lowercase "see" for me, perhaps because I'm
> using makeinfo 4.13?

Unlikely.  Are you looking at the file in Info, or as plain text?  The
former has its own ideas about how to display cross-references; I
meant what is actually in the file.

>     @defun add-variable-watcher symbol watch-function
>     This function arranges for @var{watch-function} to be called whenever
>     @var{symbol} is modified.  Modifications through aliases
>     (@pxref{Variable Aliases}) will have the same effect.

Fine with me, thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-20 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-11  3:10 bug#24923: 25.1; Lisp watchpoints npostavs
2016-11-11 10:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-12  4:34   ` npostavs
2016-11-12  7:19     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-13  0:54       ` npostavs
2016-11-13 15:29         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-20  2:12           ` npostavs
2016-11-20 10:49             ` Stephen Berman
2016-11-20 14:14               ` npostavs
2016-11-20 16:11                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-20 19:26                   ` npostavs
2016-11-20 19:36                     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-11-20 20:16                       ` npostavs
2016-11-21 17:31                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-03  1:47                           ` npostavs
2016-12-03  3:49                             ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-03  3:50                             ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-03  5:01                               ` Daniel Colascione
2016-12-03 14:11                                 ` npostavs
2016-11-20 15:58             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-20 17:00               ` npostavs
2016-11-20 17:25                 ` Eli Zaretskii

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