From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21447: 25.0.50; doc string of `character-fold-search' Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 00:13:04 +0200 Message-ID: <8737q2924v.fsf@gnus.org> References: <9c816276-095f-4d86-8666-06c8f3270e77@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462054482 8033 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 22:14:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:14:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21447@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 00:14:30 2016 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 1awd9i-0005ju-3P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 00:14:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59911 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awd9d-0000m5-S0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:14:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60050) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awd9V-0000ZY-Mx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:14:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awd9J-0007IJ-Uf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:14:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46336) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awd9J-0007Hu-Rk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awd9G-0006j9-H8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21447 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21447-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21447.146205438925787 (code B ref 21447); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21447) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 22:13:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58673 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awd8P-0006hr-KN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:32786) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awd8O-0006hj-Co for 21447@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awd8L-0007Zs-Sq; Sun, 01 May 2016 00:13:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <9c816276-095f-4d86-8666-06c8f3270e77@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 9 Sep 2015 08:43:24 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) 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:117460 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > 1. This should be a defcustom, not a defvar. But this improvement has > apparently already been agreed to (per emacs-devel correspondence). > > 2. The doc string should treat characters as characters. It should not > just put " and a inline, with no syntax making them stand out. > > They should be written as `?\"' and `?a'. Or at least as ?\" and ?a. > Or possibly as `"' and `a'. > > 3. Please replace "(and then some)" by some indication of what is meant > by it. Just say that `?a' also matches other kinds of "a-like" > characters, such as . I can't find a variable called `character-fold-search'... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no