GNU bug report logs - #23071
25.0.90; doc string of `global-eldoc-mode'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:46:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.0.90

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 23071 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23071 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23071: 25.0.90; doc string of `global-eldoc-mode'
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 01:08:35 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This is surely incorrect, according to the code:
>
>  "Enable 'eldoc-mode' in all buffers where it's applicable."
>
> The command `global-eldoc-mode' is a toggle.  It does not _enable_
> `eldoc-mode' in all "applicable" buffers; it toggles whether they are
> enabled.
>
> Also, the doc string should say what it means by "applicable" buffers
> for Eldoc mode.  So far, the doc string is less than helpful - actually
> harmful.

I've now fixed these two things.

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