From: Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: define-minor-mode: what's the purpose of the BODY argument?
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:23:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a94ojtFni8U1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.7109.1345125960.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
On 08/16/2012 03:05 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> the documentation of `define-minor-mode' begins with:
>>
>> Macro: define-minor-mode mode doc [init-value [lighter [keymap]]]
>> keyword-args... body...
>>
>> Then it continues with documenting what the purpose of each
>> argument is, but it fails to do so for the BODY argument. So,
>> what's the purpose of that argument? Is it...?
>
> You should not have to guess.
>
> To find out the answer, file a doc bug report. ;-)
> Each of the arguments should be described in the doc string.
>
> M-x report-emacs-bug
>
>
Well, I discovered that the argument is indeed documented, only not as
prominently as the others. Therefore I missed it, also because arguments in
Info mode are not highlighted the way I'm used to in Help mode. I
apologize for
the inconvenience.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-16 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-16 10:49 define-minor-mode: what's the purpose of the BODY argument? Raffaele Ricciardi
2012-08-16 14:05 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.7109.1345125960.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-16 17:23 ` Raffaele Ricciardi [this message]
2012-08-16 21:32 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2012-08-24 22:24 ` Drew Adams
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