GNU bug report logs - #25428
25.1; Incorrect doc string for `delete-selection-mode'

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Message #21 received at 25428-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 25428-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#25428: 25.1; Incorrect doc string for `delete-selection-mode'
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:03:20 +0300

> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:25:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 25428 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Let's just say that the doc string is incomplete and can easily
> mislead.
> 
> If it says anything about interactive behavior (and it should)
> then it should say just what the description of `define-minor-mode'
> says for minor modes.
> 
> If it says anything about the behavior when called from
> Lisp (and it should) then it should say just what the d-m-m
> description says. This (i.e., _all_ of the d-m-m description)
> is missing from the d-s-m doc string:
> 
> * `toggle' toggles
> * non-positive integer disables
> * anything else enables

Thanks, I fixed the doc string to include the missing information.

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