[debbugs-tracker] bug#22313: closed (24.3; on global-font-lock-mode's documentation)

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> 24.3; on global-font-lock-mode's documentation
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> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:39:36 -0200
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> I ran emacs -Q and so font-lock-mode came up enabled.  Good.  I then ran
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>   (global-font-lock-mode nil)
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> and it did turn off.  Looking at the documentation, I read the passage
> below.  It makes me think that the argument of nil, since that's not
> positive, would disable font-lock-mode, but it doesn't.  The function
> really needs a negative argument.  The documentation should be fixed.
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> global-font-lock-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> `font-core.el'.
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> (global-font-lock-mode &optional ARG)
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> Toggle Font-Lock mode in all buffers.
> With prefix ARG, enable Global-Font-Lock mode if ARG is positive;
> otherwise, disable it.  If called from Lisp, enable the mode if
> ARG is omitted or nil.
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> Font-Lock mode is enabled in all buffers where
> `turn-on-font-lock-if-desired' would do it.
> See `font-lock-mode' for more information on Font-Lock mode.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
>  of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'
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> Important settings:
>   value of $LANG: PTB
>   locale-coding-system: cp1252
>   default enable-multibyte-characters: t
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> Major mode: Lisp Interaction
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> Minor modes in effect:
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   tool-bar-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
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> Re: bug#22313: 24.3; on global-font-lock-mode's documentation
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> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:58:30 +0200
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> > From: Daniel Bastos <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 17:17:35 -0200
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> > I'm really sorry.  I didn't pay enough attention.  For what it's worth,
> > I suppose the "otherwise" threw me off completely and the following
> > sentences didn't take effect in my brain.  I'm sorry.
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> No need to apologize, mistakes do happen.  I'm glad we had this
> figured out.
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> I'm closing this bug report, then.
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> Thanks.
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