Package: emacs;
Reported by: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <jorge13515 <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:43:01 UTC
Severity: minor
Found in version 25.0.93
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#23350: closed (25.0.93; Docstring of bookmark-save-flag wrongly says that bookmark-default-file defaults do ~/.emacs.bmk) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:32:02 +0000
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Your message dated Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:31:28 +0300 with message-id <83y4822iov.fsf <at> gnu.org> and subject line Re: bug#23350: 25.0.93; Docstring of bookmark-save-flag wrongly says that bookmark-default-file defaults do ~/.emacs.bmk has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #23350, regarding 25.0.93; Docstring of bookmark-save-flag wrongly says that bookmark-default-file defaults do ~/.emacs.bmk to be marked as done. (If you believe you have received this mail in error, please contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org.) -- 23350: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23350 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems
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From: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <jorge13515 <at> gmail.com> To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> Subject: 25.0.93; Docstring of bookmark-save-flag wrongly says that bookmark-default-file defaults do ~/.emacs.bmk Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:42:36 -0300bookmark-default-file is defined in bookmark.el as follows: (defcustom bookmark-default-file (if bookmark-file ;; In case user set `bookmark-file' in her .emacs: bookmark-file (locate-user-emacs-file "bookmarks" ".emacs.bmk")) "File in which to save bookmarks by default." :type 'file :group 'bookmark) Therefore, ".emacs.bmk" is not the default. Because of the semantics of locate-user-emacs-file, the default is equivalent to (concat user-emacs-directory "bookmarks") In GNU Emacs 25.0.93.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9) of 2016-04-22 built on jorge-HP-G42 Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11803000 System Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Configured using: 'configure --prefix=/usr/local/emacs/ --with-modules' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES Important settings: value of $LC_MONETARY: en_DK.UTF-8 value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_DK.UTF-8 value of $LC_TIME: en_DK.UTF-8 value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> To: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <jorge13515 <at> gmail.com> Cc: john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com, 23350-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#23350: 25.0.93; Docstring of bookmark-save-flag wrongly says that bookmark-default-file defaults do ~/.emacs.bmk Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:31:28 +0300> From: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto <jorge13515 <at> gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 12:37:48 -0300 > > On Sat, 2016-04-23 at 14:32 -0700, John Mastro wrote: > > My reading of the docstring and code is that it's working as intended. > > It's not that .emacs.bmk is the default, but that it was the default in > > the past. > > > > The logic seems to be (assuming ~/.emacs.d/ is the user's Emacs > > directory): > > 1. If `bookmark-file' is non-nil, use that > > 2. If ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks exists, use that > > 3. If ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.bmk exists, use that > > 4. Otherwise, use ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks > > > > Note that ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks is used in both 2 and 4. > > > > In other words, ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks is the real default, but it's > > accommodating the continued use of the old default > > (~/.emacs.d/.emacs.bmk). > In a vanilla, non-customized installation of Emacs, bookmark-default-file > is "~/.emacs.d/bookmarks". That is what should be reported as the default > value. > > Instead, the docstring of bookmark-save-flag says: > > To specify the file in which to save them, modify the variable > > ‘bookmark-default-file’, which is ‘~/.emacs.bmk’ by default. > > This is confusing. The docstring of bookmark-load is also confusing, as it > says: > > Your own personal bookmark file, ‘~/.emacs.bmk’, is > > maintained automatically by Emacs > > These docstrings could send a novice user in the wrong direction, consuming > his time and reinforcing the image that configuring Emacs is time-consuming. Thanks, fixed for Emacs 25.1.
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