From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14154: 24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer' Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 01:43:13 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365324230 9265 80.91.229.3 (7 Apr 2013 08:43:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 08:43:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14154@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 07 10:43:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlCa-00051y-VS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:43:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57354 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlCa-00065I-LA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:43:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41420) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlCR-000659-Ua for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:43:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlCM-0004Dr-2X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlCL-0004Di-Vj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:43:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlFe-0005GX-Q4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14154 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14154-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14154.136532441820230 (code B ref 14154); Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14154) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Apr 2013 08:46:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37938 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlFa-0005GF-Jw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:46:58 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:36990) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UOlFY-0005G5-Gn for 14154@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:46:57 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r378hR41010698 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 7 Apr 2013 08:43:27 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r378hOY0015335 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 7 Apr 2013 08:43:25 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt106.oracle.com (abhmt106.oracle.com [141.146.116.58]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r378hODZ010166; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 08:43:24 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/71.202.147.44) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:43:24 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Ac4zaZS4v+OrvaDSQOi1Ygoes6eEsQAAb2vg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:73233 Archived-At: > > Does not say what the behavior of BUFFER=nil is/means/does, > > "Ignore the argument BUFFER unless it denotes a live buffer." Meaningless - that's no help by itself, and nothing else in the doc string comes to its aid. Ignore it and do what? Return which buffer? A buffer other than which in this case? See (elisp) `The Buffer List', for a start.