From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: keypad-*-setup Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:13:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87hcm1762r.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189512857 7433 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2007 12:14:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:14:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 11 14:14:13 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IV4d7-0001pU-1B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:14:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IV4d6-0001L0-Qm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IV4d4-0001Kv-1v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:14:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IV4d0-0001Ki-AM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:14:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IV4d0-0001Kf-5C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IV4cz-0007P5-KV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 12382 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2007 12:13:49 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.testafd.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 11 Sep 2007 12:13:49 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun\, 9 Sep 2007 18\:24\:23 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:78578 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > Really? No one knows anything about it? This is a relatively new feature > AFAIK. Relaitvely yes. 5 years is a fairly short time in EDT (Emacs development time). > Has the developer flown the coop already? In a sense, yes. I've explained my reasons. Anyway, at the moment I have barely time to follow emacs-devel and the installed changes, but I try to keep up, so that I can return to active development again sometime. > >> Would you like to figure this out by experiment, write better doc >> strings, and send a patch? > > If I could have understood it, I would have offered some doc improvement. I > don't have the time to experiment and discover what it is from scratch. If > someone can explain it technically, I will help with the manual's wording. There's no need to experiment. Please take a look at the elaborate commentary in keypad.el. Maybe you could use that information to improve on the doc strings. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk