From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: (fn ...) - please fill it at the point of generation Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:53:36 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198943665 11330 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2007 15:54:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 29 16:54:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J8e1B-00065Z-9H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:54:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8e0p-00050U-8z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:54:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8e0J-0004Rw-KW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:53:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8e0H-0004Ov-Pw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:53:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8e0H-0004OQ-Hg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:53:37 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8e0D-0002vO-Eg; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:53:33 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id lBTFrVvB008649; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:31 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt251.oracle.com (rcsmt251.oracle.com [148.87.90.196]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id lBT8xwpX010538; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:30 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-64-21.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3468937131198943605; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:53:25 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:85614 Archived-At: > I would like the filling to be done at the point where the (fn...) is > generated, not just when it is displayed by `C-h f'. > > It is better, more general, the way it is. How is it more general? Why is it better? What's the advantage of having one line in a doc string that doesn't fit the doc-string pattern (convention)? How is that more general and less of a special case?