From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `Man-default-man-entry' - remove or not remove section numbers Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:40:05 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87k5n5z4wa.fsf@jurta.org> References: <4768E8D5.7020307@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198431685 8460 80.91.229.12 (23 Dec 2007 17:41:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 23 18:41:36 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 1J6UpS-00027C-LW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:41:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J6Up8-0007W3-GS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:41:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J6Uox-0007QV-VF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:41:03 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J6Uow-0007P1-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:41:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J6Uow-0007Ou-AM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:41:02 -0500 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J6Uov-0000yl-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:41:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1J6Uos-000F5Y-0n; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:41:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4768E8D5.7020307@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:48:05 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: d0b3bc0b24c4067239780ad28ae5b444 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1946 [Dec 22 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 19 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:85409 Archived-At: > `Man-default-man-entry' has the following contradictory behavior: > > The following code > > (when (looking-at "[ \t\r\n]+\\([-a-zA-Z0-9._+:]+\\)([0-9])") > (setq word (concat word (match-string-no-properties 1)))) > > removes the section number for the returned value. The comment and code > below > > ;; If looking at something like ioctl(2) or brc(1M), include the > ;; section number in the returned value. Remove text properties. > (concat word > (if (looking-at > (concat "[ \t]*([ \t]*\\(" Man-section-regexp "\\)[ \t]*)")) > (format "(%s)" (match-string-no-properties 1))))))) > > explicitly vote for keeping it. What's the preferred behavior here? I think it would be better to keep the section number. > Also can someone please explain why this is a `defsubst'? No idea. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/