From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#1660: 23.0.60; Wrong documentation for gnus-before-startup-hook Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:42:52 +0100 Message-ID: <877i5t5n7n.fsf@escher.local.home> References: Reply-To: Stephen Berman , 1660@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229889823 13236 80.91.229.12 (21 Dec 2008 20:03:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 1660@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Leo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 21 21:04:45 2008 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 4.50) id 1LEUXc-0003wP-2f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:04:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60274 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LEUWP-00010U-JX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LEUWK-0000yF-Iv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:03:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LEUWJ-0000xt-4C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:03:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37838 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LEUWI-0000xo-UQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:03:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:51926) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LEUWI-0003p8-9w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:03:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBLK3JsC002873; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:03:20 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mBLJo4ED031851; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:50:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: steve@escher.local.home Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:50:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 1660 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1660-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1660.122988858430463 (code B ref 1660); Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:50:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1660) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 21 Dec 2008 19:43:04 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with SMTP id mBLJh0QJ030447 for <1660@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:43:01 -0800 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2008 19:42:54 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F5AB57.versanet.de (EHLO escher.local.home) [89.245.171.87] by mail.gmx.net (mp062) with SMTP; 21 Dec 2008 20:42:54 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+cTHkAtSecgAxHUeLouW28srWiSBFrgudQILj9OA +BUB5TNcCtUDY9 Original-Received: by escher.local.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 821D67FF96; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:42:52 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:08:50 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.57 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:03:24 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:23417 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23534 Archived-At: On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:08:50 +0000 Leo wrote: > Hi there, > > (info "(gnus)Startup Variables") > > `gnus-before-startup-hook' > A hook run after starting up Gnus successfully. > > while reading the Gnus manual today, I spotted this error. Please > correct it. While you're at it, please also fix the doc string, which (in GNU Emacs 23.0.60.25 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) of 2008-12-18 on escher) reads: gnus-before-startup-hook is a variable defined in `gnus-start.el'. Its value is nil Documentation: A hook called at before startup. ^^^^^^^^^ This hook is called as the first thing when Gnus is started. Is it `at' or `before'? The latter matches the variable's name, the former seems to better reflect its semantics. Maybe it should have been called gnus-at-startup-hook or -- since there already is a gnus-startup-hook, which runs after gnus-before-startup-hook -- even more accurately gnus-before-startup-hook-hook :-) Steve Berman