From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9156: 24.0.50; `apropos' doc in Elisp manual Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:38:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <63826CEAD8D342239444E86F6B6A446B@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315706340 7776 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2011 01:59:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9156@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 11 03:58:55 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZJv-0004gF-OX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:58:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37109 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZJv-0002DI-7T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:58:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37233) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZJs-0002CM-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:58:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZJr-0006Vq-25 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:58:52 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35552) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZJq-0006Vm-Tn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZNv-0004we-JD; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:03:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:03:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9156 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 9156-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9156.131570658218993 (code B ref 9156); Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:03:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9156) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Sep 2011 02:03:02 +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 1R2ZNu-0004wH-4Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZNs-0004vy-7o for 9156@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:03:01 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R2ZJg-0005ij-QG; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:58:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: <63826CEAD8D342239444E86F6B6A446B@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:36:37 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: =?UTF-8?Q?S=C3=B8lyst's_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=5FS=C3=B8lyst=5F:?= "A Swarm of Nerieds" X-MailScanner-ID: 1R2ZJg-0005ij-QG MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316311120.98942@XVmj4LOxtmwhrhqhpDk3nw X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:03:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:50811 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > (elisp) Help Functions says this in its attempt to describe command > `apropos': > > The function returns a list of elements that look like this: > > (SYMBOL SCORE FN-DOC VAR-DOC > PLIST-DOC WIDGET-DOC FACE-DOC GROUP-DOC) > > None of those introduced (meta) names is defined/described, apart from > SCORE. This description of the return value is meaningless and not > helpful. The doc needs to describe such terms that it introduces. I know nothing about any of this, but it's obvious to me that "VAR-DOC" means "documentation of the symbol if it's a variable", and so on. The only thing that needs further documentation is SCORE, which is documented. So I don't think this is a bug. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/