GNU bug report logs - #38158
26.3; Function usage in docstring not documented

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Done: Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>
To: 38158-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 26.3; Function usage in docstring not documented
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:11:49 +0000

On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 9:48 AM Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe> wrote:
>
> It is not documented in the Elisp info manual that a function docstring
> ending with:
>
> \(fn SOME ARGS)
>
> will have a custom usage displayed by `describe-function'.
>
> It seems useful to document this.

Never mind, I found this documented under Function Documentation.  I
somehow missed it the first time C-sing in the manual.

>
> In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.10)
>  of 2019-08-29 built on juergen
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12005000
> System Description:     Arch Linux
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