From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 13292@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13292: 24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:48:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85623kc0yu.fsf@iznogoud.viz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E629B30D744147ADAE0E1EFF0EFE6A09@us.oracle.com>
On Sat, Dec 29 2012, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
>> Also, in contrast to the makeinfo program, texinfo-format-region would
>> produce
>>
>> -- Special form: count-loop (VAR [FROM TO [INC]]) BODY...
>>
>> in both cases, with or without @var. Perhaps, that's the reason that
>> nobody noticed at the time?
>
> I doubt that, as no one uses texinfo-format-region anymore, since it
> doesn't support so many Texinfo features introduced in recent years.
I meant a time closer to when the elisp manual was written, viz.
http://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/emacs/elisp-manual-20-2.5.tar.gz
has (in the node we are talking about: A Sample Function Description)
@defun foo integer1 &optional integer2 &rest integers
but the formatted manual included in that tarball has
- Function: foo INTEGER1 &optional INTEGER2 &rest INTEGERS
That's the reason why Drew's report rang a bell: I remembered that years
ago I had become aware of this change from upper-case to lower-case at
some point.
>> So is there anything wrong with Drew's revised suggestion (as
>> I understand it)?
> See above. That said, I don't want to argue anymore, so I installed
> your changes on the emacs-24 branch; thanks.
I could have done that (which is why I neglected to supply a change log
entry), but thanks.
Wolfgang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-29 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-28 15:26 bug#13292: 24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables Drew Adams
2012-12-28 15:30 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-28 16:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-28 16:57 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-28 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-28 18:46 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-29 0:21 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2012-12-29 8:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-29 15:48 ` Wolfgang Jenkner [this message]
2012-12-29 16:17 ` Drew Adams
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