GNU bug report logs - #37022
27.0.50; gnus-1 and gnus have identical docstrings

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:39:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 37022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37022: 27.0.50; gnus-1 and gnus have identical docstrings
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:55:34 -0700

Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi -
>
> The commands gnus-1 and gnus have identical docstrings. gnus-1 should
> probably specify how it differs from just M-x gnus (or be
> noninterative).

I'm inclined to think that gnus-1 (and gnus-no-server-1) shouldn't be
interactive. I can't see any point to it -- the *-1 variants live in
gnus-start.el and are not autoloaded. It seems like Gnus' entry points
should be interactive and autoloaded, and what happens after that is
internals.
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