From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 24 13:11:40 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Apr 2012 17:11:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51022 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjH9-0002Xz-Rs for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:11:40 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53592) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjH8-0002Xo-6H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:11:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjGE-0007Xr-1U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:44 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:49840) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjGD-0007XZ-PB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37899) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjG6-0000te-7D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjFx-0007MD-Ap for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:33 -0400 Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:22590) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMjFx-0007Lt-49 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:25 -0400 Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q3OHAJkB018304 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:10:22 GMT Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3OHAI3R024519 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:10:19 GMT Received: from abhmt110.oracle.com (abhmt110.oracle.com [141.146.116.62]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q3OHAIup015195 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:10:18 -0500 Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.223.238) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:10:18 -0700 From: "Drew Adams" To: Subject: 24.1.50; doc of `dired-do-create-files' refers user to undocumented var/fn Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:10:13 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Ac0iPRy3fQBNHAE8TfOYCJSTqR0C+w== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) The doc string says: ... "The way the default for the target directory is computed depends on the value of `dired-dwim-target-directory'." There is no variable with that name. And a function does not have a "value". Anyway, let's assume you mean the value returned by the function `dired-dwim-target-directory'. So we look that up, using `C-h f'. What do we see? Nothing. No doc string. This kind of help is no help at all. This is a no-no. You cannot send someone looking for help where there is no help to be found. In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2012-04-23 on MARVIN Bzr revision: 108006 agustin.martin@hispalinux.es-20120423103325-xmra3329elgzhmpc Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 Configured using: `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --no-opt --enable-checking --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' From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jun 22 03:40:41 2012 Received: (at 11327) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Jun 2012 07:40:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52409 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ShyTv-0005Ft-BD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:40:40 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:37706) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ShyTs-0005Fm-UX for 11327@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:40:37 -0400 Received: from cyd by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShyQM-0008Rh-ER; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:36:58 -0400 From: Chong Yidong To: "Drew Adams" Subject: Re: 24.1.50; doc of `dired-do-create-files' refers user to undocumented var/fn Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:36:58 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 11327 Cc: 11327@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) > The doc string says: > ... "The way the default for the target directory is computed depends on > the value of `dired-dwim-target-directory'." > There is no variable with that name. And a function does not have a > "value". The "value" of a function is its return value. See (elisp)What Is a Function But anyway, I reworded the docstring to make it clearer. 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