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#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:43:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87d2vos5ro.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <20130225180309.53675e52a9cffc46b2478578@gmail.com> <87y5ecshu5.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <20130225204806.e306ddd2a7cc317dd370d019@gmail.com> <87obf8sfvo.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1361830093 23971 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2013 22:08:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:08:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Xue Fuqiao , 13810@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 25 23:08:34 2013 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 1UA6Dp-000603-W4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:08:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34152 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UA6DV-0003Sg-1c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41524) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UA6DP-0003RN-Kz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:08:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UA6DM-0004Mv-Q7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:08:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44367) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UA1A7-00029R-9t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UA1Bh-0004w6-V3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:46:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:46:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13810 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13810-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13810.136181075118955 (code B ref 13810); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:46:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13810) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Feb 2013 16:45:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49831 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UA1BP-0004vY-Ju for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:45:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:63551) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UA1BM-0004vP-45 for 13810@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:45:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.33]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx002) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Llskg-1Uj4rG20y8-00ZNwP for <13810@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:43:58 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 25 Feb 2013 16:43:58 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F56285.versanet.de (EHLO rosalinde.fritz.box) [89.245.98.133] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 25 Feb 2013 17:43:58 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+xcJJDhaWxtBnnZnqEoLzbAMkGkRuyazlC+84ePz 0Ggg3dA3lOjD76 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:50 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.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:71807 Archived-At: On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:50 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: >> The doc string of newline says "Call `auto-fill-function'..."; you can >> only call a function, not a variable (I suppose you can call a variable >> something, but not just call it). > > Yet, I think that newline doesn't call the `auto-fill-function' > function, but the function contained in the > `auto-fill-function' variable. Still, it doesn't "call the variable" ;-). Anyway, isn't the potential for confusion here rather limited, since the function auto-fill-function is a noop just there for its doc string? Steve Berman