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#54865: 29.0.50; Unclear docstring 'switch-to-buffer' Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:23:47 +0200 Message-ID: <87zgkqfvm4.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="37906"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: dalanicolai , "54865@debbugs.gnu.org" <54865@debbugs.gnu.org> To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 12 12:24:10 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 1neDgv-0009aZ-0X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:24:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45540 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1neDgt-0006Jd-Vb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1neDgo-0006JU-37 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1neDgn-0005yo-Rb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:24:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1neDgn-000832-Ne for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:24:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54865 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54865-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54865.164975903930922 (code B ref 54865); Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54865) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2022 10:23:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47655 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1neDgl-00082f-DG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:23:59 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:46222) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1neDgk-00082N-6S for 54865@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:23:58 -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=ykWvtJoUq1/+x6TibD0nLRATdey7hay7C8AlVPsuSeY=; b=Zgc2aBvv8texCYUeeWxAfi04LL 6Ky1AjvEr0hzIZ6DKs4lLGwOH4lyKLW0SvUa18/T95nPZHstoyWUnQSD0N3huhbwAsJ3aFtrIJcYs ZYWyrwyoUB4WwJ2vQ+GbSKixp7CFtjUFKiG0L54px2uZMpbKzdLiAbpw2nz5LHUtXhhI=; 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 1neDgZ-00075s-Kb; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:23:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 11 Apr 2022 23:52:03 +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:229753 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> "If BUFFER-OR-NAME is a string that does not identify an >> existing buffer, create a buffer with that name." >> >> However, this is only true when called interactively. > > How so? Seems to be true when called from Lisp also, > AFAICT. Yup. `M-: (switch-to-buffer "lalalala") RET' behaves as the paragraph describes, as far as I can tell. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no