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24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables |
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Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:26:48 -0800 |
The parameters should be uppercase everywhere. E.g.,
-- Macro: with-case-table TABLE BODY...
not
-- Macro: with-case-table table body...
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2012-12-18 on MS-W7-DANI
Bzr revision: 111265 address@hidden
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
`configure --with-gcc (4.7) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
-Ic:/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.10/include -Ic:/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.10/src
-Ic:/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1_win32/include
-Ic:/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2_win32/include
-Ic:/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1-lib/include
-Ic:/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4-lib/include
-Ic:/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1-lib/include
-Ic:/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8-w32-bin/include/libxml2
-Ic:/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9-w32-bin/include
-Ic:/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.9.2-1-lib/include'
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Re: bug#13292: 24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables |
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Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:30:34 +0200 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:57:28 -0800
>
> > > The parameters should be uppercase everywhere.
> >
> > They never were. This is how Info works.
> > Closing.
>
> In that case, there are bugs in the other direction, in other nodes of the
> manual - nodes that use uppercase for parameters.
>
> For example:
>
> `A Sample Function Description' - `count-loop'
> `Syntax Table Functions' - `with-syntax-table'
> `Using Lexical Binding' - `special-variable-p'
> `Syntax Table Internals' - `string-to-syntax'
> `Declare Form' - `declare'
>
> Note that `A Sample Function Description' is the very place where we explain
> the
> syntax convention and give an example of it. Not a good place to set a bad
> example.
It's not bad. This is done on purpose, see the Texinfo sources, which
use @var in this case.
> Reopening. There is clearly some cleanup to be done.
Reclosing. Please stop this ridicule.
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