From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7465: 24.0.50; transient-mark-mode customization UI is confusing Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:21:41 +0100 Message-ID: <8739qtl6yi.fsf@escher.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290441328 16144 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2010 15:55:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:55:28 +0000 (UTC) To: 7465@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 22 16:55:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYjh-0001uo-Nw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:55:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44589 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKYjh-0000V4-2u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:55:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47271 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKYaG-0006s7-ET for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:47:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYZG-0001me-AC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:45:35 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57856) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYZG-0001mW-8D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:44:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PKY9a-0006hT-Ey; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:18:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:18:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 7465 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.129043902325736 (code B ref -1); Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Nov 2010 15:17:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PKY8d-0006h2-5e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:17:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PKY8a-0006go-Jp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:17:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYDT-0003OV-S1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:43463) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYDT-0003OO-PM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:22:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43566 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKYDF-0005c4-O8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:22:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYD2-0003HL-46 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:21:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:39884 helo=mail.gmx.net) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKYD1-0003Gp-MH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:21:36 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 22 Nov 2010 15:21:33 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F550DC.versanet.de (EHLO escher.home) [89.245.80.220] by mail.gmx.net (mp018) with SMTP; 22 Nov 2010 16:21:33 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+U4dF7QN6UZTo3OdAsgQrZ6NJ2BIHyLUNf+rcJea zG5WqO67UDGi99 Original-Received: by escher.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 719C910448; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:21:41 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:18:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41818 Archived-At: 1. emacs -Q 2. M-x customize-option RET transient-mark-mode RET => The complete text of the doc string is displayed, as usual, but here it is confusing, because the values `lambda' and `(only . OLDVAL)' cannot be entered, since only toggling on-off is allowed. As noted in the Elisp manual, these values are intended for Lisp programs, so they should not be mentioned in the Custom interface, which is concerned with user settings. In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.6) of 2010-11-22 on escher Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10605000 configured using `configure '--without-toolkit-scroll-bars''