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#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-. Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:48:20 +0300 Message-ID: <83y4lbszp7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83zja6b3tc.fsf@gnu.org> <54A24079.4020902@yandex.ru> <54A2FF47.6010207@yandex.ru> <54A86135.7080004@yandex.ru> <54A90002.7080009@gmx.at> <54A9C3FB.7000602@yandex.ru> <54AA3881.3080304@gmx.at> <54ABBB47.7010603@yandex.ru> <837fszx7iy.fsf@gnu.org> <83pp6pwqnw.fsf@gnu.org> <553EB4F4.1090704@yandex.ru> <83d22owblc.fsf@gnu.org> <5540068E.4040308@yandex.ru> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430322558 28264 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2015 15:49:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:49:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19468@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 29 17:49:10 2015 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 1YnUEV-0000xc-4w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:49:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39778 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUEU-00051E-N3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:49:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45107) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUER-00050G-CB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:49:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUEQ-000729-Ga for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:49:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46571) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUEQ-00071p-EA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUEQ-0008Jy-3M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19468 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19468-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19468.143032251131936 (code B ref 19468); Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19468) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2015 15:48:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56543 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUDv-0008J1-CA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:48:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout29.012.net.il ([80.179.55.185]:36234) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnUDt-0008Ik-Cl for 19468@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout29.012.net.il by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NNK00F00RT9XC00@mtaout29.012.net.il> for 19468@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:47:09 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NNK00G08RUL4300@mtaout29.012.net.il>; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:47:09 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <5540068E.4040308@yandex.ru> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:102229 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 01:15:42 +0300 > From: Dmitry Gutov > CC: 19468@debbugs.gnu.org > > There seems some confusion here: you do now invoke xref-find-function. It's not > a function anyway, it's a variable, which different backends can set to > implement the backend interface. > > Then the confusion is the doc string's fault: it should make this > aspect clear. And if there are no back-ends currently that support > these options, I'd suggest to remove that from the doc string -- we > shouldn't advertise in the docs stuff that no one implemented. > > The doc string is about the interface: as long as a given backend implements the `references' action, `M-x xref-find-references' will display the returned list. An interface that has no known implementation doesn't really exist. I'm asking why do we advertise such a non-existing interface. > Please feel free to suggest better wording for the docstring. I already did.