From: John Shahid <jvshahid@gmail.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: linum-mode docstring is unclear
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:29:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878tbgke42.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86d10uq9x8.fsf@zoho.com>
I guess any mode that uses define-minor-mode is susceptible to this kind
of problem. That said, I'm not aware about other modes with similar
phrasing issues. I also sent a patch to fix linum-mode docstring to
bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
cheers,
-js
Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> writes:
> John Shahid wrote:
>
>> I think the linum-mode docstring is unclear
>> about when the mode is turned on when called
>> from Lisp. According to the docstring:
>>
>> ".... If called from Lisp, enable the mode
>> if ARG is omitted or nil."
>>
>> This isn't true. In fact, passing any value
>> other than 0 will turn on the mode.
>> Furthermore, the docstring doesn't mention
>> that passing 'toggle will toggle the state of
>> the mode. WDYT, is that something that can
>> be/need clarification ?
>
> Well, obviously :)
>
> I wonder if this is a general problem/phrasing
> that appears more than once?
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2018-02-24 22:50 ` linum-mode docstring is unclear Emanuel Berg
2018-02-25 20:29 ` John Shahid [this message]
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2018-02-25 20:41 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-02-24 22:31 John Shahid
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