From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7500: 24.0.50; doc string of `current-kill' Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:16:56 +0100 Message-ID: References: <666F7CF5EB224E20857BA05E5630DEC1@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290883532 23511 80.91.229.12 (27 Nov 2010 18:45:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:45:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7500@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 27 19:45:28 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PMPm3-0006eV-CM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:45:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54676 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMPm2-0003sg-QY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:45:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37047 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMPlW-0003ak-0S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:44:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMPlU-0002Kv-JW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:44:53 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43253) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMPlU-0002Kr-Gu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:44:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PMPFi-0004b6-JS; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:12:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7500 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7500-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7500.129088149317638 (code B ref 7500); Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7500) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Nov 2010 18:11:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PMPFE-0004aR-Oj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:11:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PMPFC-0004aE-CF for 7500@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:11:31 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4983718059C0; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:16:58 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-99-182.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.99.182]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E761C003DF; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:16:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 91D6DCA2A0; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:16:56 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I need to discuss BUY-BACK PROVISIONS with at least six studio SLEAZEBALLS!! In-Reply-To: <666F7CF5EB224E20857BA05E5630DEC1@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:18:17 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2.90 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:12:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:41936 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > Please split this long sentence, and make it comprehensible: > > "If N is zero, `interprogram-paste-function' is set, and calling > it returns a string or list of strings, then that string (or > list) is added to the front of the kill ring and the string (or > first string in the list) is returned as the latest kill." > > `interprogram-paste-function' is set to what? interprogram-paste-function should be set to a function, otherwise it wouldn't be called interprogram-paste-function. > to the kill-ring head? Since when is the kill-ring head a function? > Is "and calling it returns..." a statement of one of the _consequences_ > of N being 0, or is it a further condition for what follows: "then that > string..." - i.e. "AND _IF_ calling it results... then..."? "then" starts a consequence, not "and". Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."