From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35651: 26.2; doc of `delimit-columns-*' commands Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 04:51:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87o923ex9a.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <6d6bde7f-5f5e-445d-a7d7-85e068acd48e@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="173412"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 35651@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 09 06:01:10 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkhJV-000iLt-VM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 06:01:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46412 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh4D-0001b7-KM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58221) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh3y-0001ar-PL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:45:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh3w-0000DQ-Cj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:45:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51351) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh3u-0000BT-6S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh3u-0002rM-3T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:45:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 03:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35651 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35651-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35651.156264387010928 (code B ref 35651); Tue, 09 Jul 2019 03:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35651) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jul 2019 03:44:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60171 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh3M-0002q3-14 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:44:28 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:39190) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkh3K-0002pZ-03 for 35651@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:44:26 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkgDp-0008LN-MA; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 04:51:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: <6d6bde7f-5f5e-445d-a7d7-85e068acd48e@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 9 May 2019 08:11:20 -0700 (PDT)") 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: 209.51.188.43 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:162431 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > The doc strings are woefully inadequate. "Prettify all columns..." is > unclear. The behavior - what the commands do - is not described at all. > > And there is nothing in any manual about these commands either. Users > are forced to consult the code to have any idea of what this "delimit > columns" stuff is all about. That was a pretty minimal doc string. I've now adapted some of the text from the comments in the file as a doc string. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no