From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:38:38 -0400 Message-ID: <87ei1jtr69.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <83630r934x.fsf@gnu.org> <834ogb8txc.fsf@gnu.org> <83y6dn74lv.fsf@gnu.org> <83wrt770rf.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqldef1r.fsf@gnu.org> <83mxggetu6.fsf@gnu.org> <83bowwirgp.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311273553 7641 80.91.229.12 (21 Jul 2011 18:39:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen , schwab@linux-m68k.org, 6576@debbugs.gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 21 20:39:08 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy9M-0003Ag-Jo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:39:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50676 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy9M-0000Sc-2u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48387) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy9I-0000S8-7i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy9H-0002Kt-Dn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57142) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy9H-0002Ko-AK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy9G-0006Y4-IE; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6576 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6576-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6576.131127352925153 (code B ref 6576); Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6576) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jul 2011 18:38:49 +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 1Qjy92-0006Xe-AF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-06.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.147]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjy8z-0006XH-RL for 6576@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from furball ([128.36.225.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-06.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6LIcd8d022538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:38:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: (MON KEY's message of "Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:06:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.147 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:39:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:49521 Archived-At: MON KEY writes: >> I think these functions should say that they return a character, and >> if that's not sufficient, they should refer you to the manual to >> explain what Emacs means by a character. > > If it doesn't do what it says or then a pointer into the manual won't > help clarify the underlying issue and only glosses over it. I removed the explanation of what a character is; there's no need to do that here, or in all the other character-related functions like char-after.