From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55050: 27.2; Doc strings for commands that do query-replacements Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:50:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87v8v27j0f.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35292"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 55050@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 21 14:25:13 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVs0-0008wZ-Dm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:25:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47054 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVry-0007l0-W3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37544) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVKw-0008AI-AG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54686) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVKv-0000QP-Rs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:51:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVKv-00048R-OF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:51:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55050 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55050-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55050.165054183715827 (code B ref 55050); Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55050) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Apr 2022 11:50:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48577 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVKX-00047C-IT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:55436) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVKV-00046w-Td for 55050@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:50:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=b0zWAYgW9hYFeT5ucmkUvTM8V6H41vY0zYr2nKl23Jo=; b=EBoTksDa9NxrHeP6lmclUF27PL 52J0qxXB1CuENzMY1/wES8hXpMoFISwR894xV0jQbqfD/LaLUhY7pBt9q/yhYYdbx4JPJTlxISW01 raWZKOwKHxUTtHXRUtkxPnttSQ+Wi1VcbBxL+Rabl2RfgN4DleZZURZiyVKB/5EGqVtM=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nhVKL-0004dO-Co; Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:50:29 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Beequeen & Stetson's _Mort Aux Vaches_: "Honingpumpe" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:46:16 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:230356 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > This is about the doc of commands, such as > `dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace', that use a query-replace dialog. > There are a bunch of such commands now. For the most part, they don't > tell you anything about what to expect, in terms of a dialog. In > particular, they don't reference the doc of `query-replace`, which is > (at least) where the dialog should be described. I've now linked the latter from the doc string of the former. > The only saving grace is that there's a prompt that suggests that if you > hit `?' you might get some information about what you can do. Assuming > you notice that prompt, of course. > > The doc of all such commands should, directly or indirectly, tell you > about the keys you can use and what they do - what you learn by hitting > `?'. I don't think that would be particularly useful. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no