From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "José Luis González" <jlgonzal@ya.com>
Cc: 14321@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14321: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:07:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ftm310f9.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1UX6z5-0003UH-F2@eggs.gnu.org> ("José Luis González"'s message of "Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:36:24 +0200")
"José Luis González" <jlgonzal@ya.com> writes:
> Info documentation for emacs 24.2.1 instructs in section "21.22 Scroll Bars"
> that "To control the use of scroll bars at startup, customize the variable
> `scroll-bar-mode'." However it fails to mention that it must be done by
> calling set-scroll-bar-mode, since directly setting the variable has no real
> effect. This is explained in the built-in documentation for the variable, but
> not in the Info documentation.
(I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately gotten no
responses yet.)
As the doc string also says:
---
Setting the variable with a customization buffer also takes effect.
---
So I think the manual is correct here, although it uses "customize the
variable" in one specific sense; i.e., you have to use Customize -- you
can't just set it with `setq' or the like.
I've added a link to the Customization node here as a further hint in
Emacs 27.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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2013-04-30 9:36 bug#14321: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode José Luis González
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