GNU bug report logs - #55947
26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:53:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 55947 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 55947 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

View this report as an mbox folder, status mbox, maintainer mbox

Report forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#55947; Package emacs. (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org. (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:42:34 +0000

Please specify that POSITION defaults to point.
The doc string says this; the manual doesn't.
(Node `The Mark'.)

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19044
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#55947; Package emacs. (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:56:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 55947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, "55947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
 <55947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:55:50 +0000

I'm sorry.  I meant `push-mark', not `set-mark'.
Would someone please retitle this bug?  Thx.
Reply sent to Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:09:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:09:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #13 received at 55947-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 55947-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55947: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:08:31 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:55:50 +0000
> 
> Please specify that POSITION defaults to point.
> The doc string says this; the manual doesn't.
> (Node `The Mark'.)
> [...]
> I'm sorry.  I meant `push-mark', not `set-mark'.
> Would someone please retitle this bug?  Thx.

The ELisp manual already says that POSITION defaults to point, so
there's nothing to fix.

Closing.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 340 days ago.

Previous Next

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