From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#5215: 23.1.50; blink-cursor-mode docstring Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:27:11 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87tyvtp740.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Kevin Rodgers , 5215@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260866881 28895 80.91.229.12 (15 Dec 2009 08:48:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:48:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 15 09:47:54 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NKT4S-000528-Su for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:47:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53692 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NKT4S-0004n5-NY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NKT4E-0004g5-08 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NKT49-0004cD-AH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36177 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NKT48-0004c5-Vj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:33 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:42327) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKT48-0004zN-IC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:32 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nBF8lTlo009112; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:47:29 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBF8Z3eM007815; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:35:03 -0800 Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:35:03 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Rodgers Original-Sender: news Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:35:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5215 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12608656667369 (code B ref -1); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:35:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 15 Dec 2009 08:27:46 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nBF8Rcxm007366 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:27:45 -0800 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NKSks-0002lN-DY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NKSkn-0002jl-Cx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47211 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NKSkn-0002jW-5l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:33 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:41522) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKSkm-0002ep-Hp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:33 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NKSkg-0005iH-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:27:26 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:27:26 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:27:26 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: <87tyvtp740.fsf@jidanni.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:37 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33608 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:25327 Archived-At: jidanni@jidanni.org wrote: > One finds > (custom-set-variables > '(blink-cursor-mode nil)... > However > blink-cursor-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in... > With a numeric argument, turn blinking cursor mode on if ARG is > positive,... According to its doc string, custom-set-variables sets each SYMBOL's value cell. It does not call each SYBMOL's function cell. Do you understand the difference between a variable and a function? > But only numeric arguments are mentioned. And a quick peek in the Emacs > Lisp manual doesn't say if nil is a numeric argument. Therefore the > docstring of blink-cursor-mode should be beefed up perhaps. > > Compare > size-indication-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in... > With ARG, turn Size Indication mode on if ARG is positive... -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA