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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 59275@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59275: Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 02:22:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wn7lay6m.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <835yf5zpir.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Should we update the manual as well?
>> 4.5 Comparison of Characters and Strings section contains the old
>> docstring verbatim.
>
> I see in the manual text that is not a verbatim copy of the doc string, but
> an expanded version of it with more detailed explanations.  Which is how it
> should be: it is IMNSHO bad documentation-fu to have the manual just copycat
> the doc strings.  (We sometimes do it for lack of time, but it is not a Good
> Thing.)

Fair point.

> The note about case-sensitivity of the fallback was missing from the manual,
> so I added it.

Thanks!

>> P.S. I am wondering if there is some automated way to deal with verbatim
>> docstrings in the manuals. They are so easy to slip through when the
>> Elisp docstrings get updated.
>
> There should be no verbatim copies of doc strings in the manual.  So I'm not
> interested in making that bad practice easier ;-)

What about forgetting to update the manual when important changes are
made to the docstring? I know for certain that it happened many times
with Org manual. Maybe something can be done to auto-check if updates
were done to the docstring but not the manual?

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-24  2:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-15  4:08 bug#59275: Unexpected return value of `string-collate-lessp' on Mac Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15  9:51 ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-16  3:47   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-15 15:05   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15 15:16     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-16  1:34       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-16 13:00         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-21  7:28           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-21 13:31             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-22  1:24               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-22 12:56                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-23 10:39                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-23 14:58                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-24  2:22                       ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-11-24  7:23                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-26  2:03                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-26  8:06                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-26  8:47                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-26  9:22                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-27 14:00                           ` Maxim Nikulin
2022-11-27 14:23                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-27 15:19                               ` Maxim Nikulin
2022-11-27 15:42                                 ` Eli Zaretskii

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