GNU bug report logs - #51032
29.0.50; Choices for blink-matching-paren

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: arash <at> gnu.org, 51032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
Subject: bug#51032: 29.0.50; Choices for blink-matching-paren
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:57:09 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>>     +In addition, if the opening paren is not visible on screen, show
>>     +its position in the echo area.
>
> But that's incorrect, because it doesn't happen when the value is
> 'jump' or 'jump-offscreen'.  The "in addition" part makes it sound
> like it happens with any non-nil value.

The exception you mention is listed immediately below, so I don't see
how it could be considered incorrect.

> How many possible values can this variable have, and how many are
> listed in the menu of choices that will be presented to the user?

I don't follow.  Do you want to change non-nil to t in the docstring?
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