GNU bug report logs - #54479
27.2; Doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer-insert-other'

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54479: closed (27.2; Doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer-insert-other')
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:25:01 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Your message dated Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:23:50 +0200
with message-id <835yo8fv8p.fsf <at> gnu.org>
and subject line Re: bug#54479: 27.2; Doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer-insert-other'
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #54479,
regarding 27.2; Doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer-insert-other'
to be marked as done.

(If you believe you have received this mail in error, please contact
help-debbugs <at> gnu.org.)


-- 
54479: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=54479
GNU Bug Tracking System
Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems

[Message part 2 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 27.2; Doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer-insert-other'
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:35:09 +0000

The doc string of this command is less than comprehensible, IMO.

  Handle inserting of a character other than allowed.
  Display an error on trying to insert a disallowed character.
  Also discard all previous input in the minibuffer.

To me, this doesn't say anything about what this command does.  After
all, it's a _command_, not just a function that reads a char
(presumably).  What does it do - what do you use it for?

What does "handle" mean here?  What are the "allowed" chars, and in what
way are they "allowed"?  What's meant by "previous input" here?
___

A guess is that by discarding "previous input" is meant first clear the
minibuffer - remove its content.  ("Previous input" suggests minibuffer
history.)

In GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2021-03-26 built on CIRROCUMULUS
Repository revision: deef5efafb70f4b171265b896505b92b6eef24e6
Repository branch: HEAD
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19043
System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.2009.19043.1526)

[Message part 3 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 54479-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54479: 27.2;
 Doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer-insert-other'
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:23:50 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:35:09 +0000
> 
> The doc string of this command is less than comprehensible, IMO.
> 
>   Handle inserting of a character other than allowed.
>   Display an error on trying to insert a disallowed character.
>   Also discard all previous input in the minibuffer.
> 
> To me, this doesn't say anything about what this command does.

Thanks, I fixed that.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.