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#12674: 24.2.50; doc of `locate-file' Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:58:42 -0800 Message-ID: <87a9e1j8kd.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391914869 13958 80.91.229.3 (9 Feb 2014 03:01:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 03:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12674@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 09 04:01:17 2014 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 1WCKdw-0007Ni-Dt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:01:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48929 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKdv-0004Yd-QA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:01:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56393) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKdo-0004Wy-7i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:01:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKdj-0001Cp-3b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:01:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44578) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKdj-0001Cl-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:01:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKdi-0001Tp-FI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:01:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12674 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12674-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12674.13919148122209 (code B ref 12674); Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12674) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Feb 2014 03:00:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58595 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKcu-0000Yt-5E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:00:12 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:58396) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKcs-0000WB-2j for 12674@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:00:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKca-0004CV-Dc; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:59:52 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:28:15 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1WCKca-0004CV-Dc MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1392519595.60783@yUQxaRTfKNSnIgJKcQ61Sw X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85020 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > The description in the Elisp manual is fine. The doc string is > generally OK, except for its second sentence. This part of the second > sentence is not clear (meaningless, misleading): ", with its suffixes". > > It's unclear what that might mean (return the absolute file name, plus a > list of its suffixes?). But it certainly cannot mean what really > happens: the absolute file name is returned, including ONE of the > suffixes if appropriate. > > Just say what the manual says: the absolute file name is returned: > > If it finds such a file, it returns the file's absolute file name; > otherwise it returns `nil'. Fixed on trunk. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/