From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 55408@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55408: Explain the word "interactively" in the Emacs Manual
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 14:20:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmn8sFNiV4bJMOXDp19bxxopMyGW3DUXMow86zzGmZqOA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83pmkglcw3.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> Does it really need to be explained? It's a word used for its literal
> meaning.
IMHO, it is not immediately clear what is meant.
The docstring of `package-update-all' currently says: "Interactively,
QUERY is always true." AFAIU, this is short for "When called
interactively," which is more clear but still not as clear as it could
be. In general, perhaps docstrings should prefer something like "When
used as a command," instead of "When called interactively,".
> The very first line presented in the *Help* buffer says:
>
> package-update-all is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> ‘package.el’. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think it would probably be more helpful if that line said "a
command" instead of "an interactive compiled Lisp function".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-15 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-14 8:16 bug#55408: Explain the word "interactively" in the Emacs Manual Stefan Kangas
2022-05-14 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-15 12:20 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2022-05-15 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-15 15:12 ` Drew Adams
2022-05-15 13:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-15 15:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-05-15 15:07 ` Drew Adams
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