GNU bug report logs - #43996
26.3; Please document frame parameter `modeline' in the Elisp manual

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

Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:12:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 26.3

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 43996 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43996: 26.3; Please document frame parameter `modeline' in the Elisp manual
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:46:22 +0300

> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:11:02 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> Subject line says it all.

No, it doesn't.  Did you actually have a real-life use case where that
parameter was needed and useful to your Lisp program?

> I couldn't find where this is used in the Lisp code, so I guess it's
> used in C code.

This parameter doesn't really exist, it's an illusion.
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