Subject: bug#15047: 24.3.50; doc string of `find-listp-find-files' etc.

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:36:32 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> The doc should distinguish between the files _within_ a directory, i.e.,
> descending into its subdirectories recursively, and the files in a
> directory, i.e., not including in descendent directories.
>
> Pick any terminology you like, but please make it clear.  
>
> 1. `find-listp-find-files': The doc of does not at all indicate that it
> in fact searches also subdirectories, recursively.

Fixed...

> 2. `find-lisp-find-files-internal': The doc says that
> "DIRECTORY-PREDICATE is used to decide...", but it does not say how,
> which is central to the meaning of DIRECTORY-PREDICATE.  Just say that
> if DIRECTORY-PREDICATE returns non-nil then descend into subdirs etc.

It's a predicate.  That's what predicates do.

> 3. `find-lisp-find-dired-internal': The doc says "Run find...".
> Please change this to "Run `find'...".

But it doesn't run the command `find'.  And it says:

  "Run find (Lisp version) and go into Dired mode on a buffer of the output."

> 4. `find-lisp-find-dired-filter': Please replace the doc string with
> something correct or useful.  The command does not "change the
> filter..." or anything of the kind.  And please wrap function names with
> `...' in doc.

But it does change the filter...

;;;###autoload
(defun find-lisp-find-dired-filter (regexp)
  "Change the filter on a `find-lisp-find-dired' buffer to REGEXP."
  (interactive "sSet filter to regexp: ")
  (setq find-lisp-regexp regexp)
  (revert-buffer))

And I see that Juanma has already fixed the quoting...

> 5. `find-lisp-format': Add a doc string.  You "lifted" this from
> ls-lisp.el, but you neglected to lift the doc string along with it.

Done.

> 6. `find-lisp-time-index', `find-lisp-format-time': Replace the code
> comments with doc strings.  This is the 21st century; we can afford
> the extra cost. ;-)

Done.

> 7. `find-lisp-find-dired-insert-file': Add a doc string.

Seems unnecessary.

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