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#18087: 24.4.50; doc string of `kill-region' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:16:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87inz0m56x.fsf@gnus.org> References: <4409d895-ca1b-43f6-81e0-550a52e25d33@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461968265 8671 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 22:17:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:17:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18087@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 00:17:34 2016 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 1awGj7-0006i5-5D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:17:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56592 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGj0-0001d2-1y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:17:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45923) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGiq-0001Ps-V7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:17:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGif-0004Vw-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:17:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43752) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGif-0004VK-5u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:17:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGib-00065s-Qz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:17:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:17:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18087 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18087-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18087.146196818821828 (code B ref 18087); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:17:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18087) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 22:16:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56086 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGi3-0005fn-T7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:16:28 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:51443) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGi1-0005dx-3L for 18087@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:16:25 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGhy-0003dt-OU; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:16:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4409d895-ca1b-43f6-81e0-550a52e25d33@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:49:08 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117280 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > This text was added to the doc string for Emacs 24.4: > > The optional argument REGION if non-nil, indicates that we're not just killing > some text between BEG and END, but we're killing the region. > > 1. That text should be filled, so the lines are no wider than 70 > columns. > > 2. The text should say what this "indication" MEANS. To what or to > whom are "we" indicating this fact? And why? What is the > USER-VISIBLE EFFECT of a non-nil REGION arg? Why/when would might > one want to pass non-nil REGION? IOW, WHAT IS THIS PARAMETER FOR? The doc string has been fixed sometime during the last year. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no