From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 10550@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10550: 24.0.92; doc of `history-length'
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:04:48 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ty3gmsrz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <135AFF1F7DC1475CA2415422DB477571@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:48:43 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> As far as the doc goes, the most important thing is missing. One can
> pretty much guess that this value limits the length of history lists,
> but the question is which history-list entries are dropped: the oldest
> or the new ones? Does the list stay the same, with new values rejected,
> or do new ones replace the oldest ones? Or do new ones replace the
> next-newest ones? Why make users guess or experiment?
>
> And for the doc string the info is also missing about which history
> lists are affected: "those that don't specify their own maximum lengths"
> (to quote the Elisp manual).
OK, I edited it to make it extra super double plus obvious.
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2012-01-18 23:48 bug#10550: 24.0.92; doc of `history-length' Drew Adams
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