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bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions' |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 23:06:09 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 24663-done@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > I changed that to say "the entity at point" because the rest of the
> > doc string refers to that.
>
> 1. It cannot be "THE" thing (or THE entity) at point. Which one?
The one at point.
> You can get different kinds of thing at point. You must provide
> the desired THING type, for "thing at point" to mean anything.
My understanding is that it's up to the hooks.
> 2. I don't see how/why saying "entity" changes anything, here.
> "THE" entity? What is that?
Then I guess I will say that I don't want to fix that part.
> 3. It is not text AT point that is completed. It is text BEFORE
> point that is completed. AT can only refer to characters after
> point, not before.
The doc string doesn't say "text", it says "entity". IOW, it doesn't
talk about characters.
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Drew Adams, 2016/10/10
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/13
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Drew Adams, 2016/10/13
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions',
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Drew Adams, 2016/10/13
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Dmitry Gutov, 2016/10/13
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Drew Adams, 2016/10/13
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Dmitry Gutov, 2016/10/13
- bug#24663: 24.5; doc string of `completion-at-point-functions', Drew Adams, 2016/10/13