GNU bug report logs - #52839
29.0.50; The '(declare (modes MODE...))' NEWS entry is confusing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 52839 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 52839 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#52839: 29.0.50; The '(declare (modes MODE...))' NEWS entry
 is confusing
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 15:51:00 +0100
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The latter.  We then added the "M-X" binding for the new command that
> always omits inapplicable commands from the completion, so now users
> can have the cake and eat it, too.

That's not what `M-X' does, though -- it filters out commands that
aren't particularly marked for the current mode, but there's always
other commands that will be useful.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no




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