GNU bug report logs - #24051
24.5; doc of `external-debugging-output'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:02:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 24051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24051: 24.5; doc of `external-debugging-output'
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:00:51 +0100

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

> 1. Please consider documenting this in the Elisp manual, e.g., where we
> document `print'.
>
> 2. The doc string should enclose "print" in `...':
>
>  Write CHARACTER to stderr.
>  You can call `print' while debugging emacs, and pass it this function
>  to make it write to the debugging output.


And also where we document "streams". Personally, I like the idea of
adding "stderr" as an alias...

Phil
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