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24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables

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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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Subject: bug#13292: closed (24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp)
 Case Tables)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:32:01 +0000

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables
Date: 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 eliz <at> gnu.org-20121218190556-x9wmq083vwecgu0f
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
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 -Ic:/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1-lib/include
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 -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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 13292-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13292: 24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:30:34 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <13292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 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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