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28.1: Possibly obsolete function `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line' in Emacs manual

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To: Mark Harig <idirectscm <at> aim.com>
Subject: bug#58649: closed (Re: bug#58649: 28.1: Possibly obsolete
 function `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line' in Emacs manual)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 06:02:02 +0000

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#58649: 28.1: Possibly obsolete function `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line' in Emacs manual

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mark Harig <idirectscm <at> aim.com>
Cc: 58649-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58649: 28.1: Possibly obsolete function
 `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line' in Emacs manual
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:01:36 +0300

> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 23:49:38 +0000 (UTC)
> From:  Mark Harig via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> 
> In the Emacs manual, in the sub-section `(emacs) Flymake',
> there is the following sentence:
> 
>    To display any error messages associated with the current
>    line, type ‘M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line’.
> 
> But M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line says that there
> are no matches for that function.  Likewise, a search of the file
> `flymake.el' that is included with Emacs 28.1 shows no definition
> for the identifier `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line'.

It was deleted in October 2017, since it didn't work.  I guess the
manual was not updated back then.

> In the Flymake user manual, in the sub-section `(flymake) Finding
> diagnostics', there is the following paragraph:
> 
>    Sometimes it is useful to have a detailed overview of the
>    diagnostics in your files without having to jump to each one.
>    The commands `flymake-show-buffer-diagnostics' and
>    `flymake-show-project-diagnostics' are designed to handle this
>    situation.  When invoked, they bring up a separate buffer
>    containing a detailed structured listing of multiple diagnostics
>    in the current buffer or for the current project, respectively
>    (*note (emacs)Projects::).
> 
> In NEWS file for Emacs 28.1, `flymake-show-project-diagnostics'
> is listed as a new command.  Both that function and
> `flymake-show-buffer-diagnostics' work and might be the
> replacements for the obsolete function.

Thanks, done.

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From: Mark Harig <idirectscm <at> aim.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 28.1: Possibly obsolete function
 `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line' in Emacs manual
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 23:49:38 +0000 (UTC)

In the Emacs manual, in the sub-section `(emacs) Flymake',
there is the following sentence:

   To display any error messages associated with the current
   line, type ‘M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line’.

But M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line says that there
are no matches for that function.  Likewise, a search of the file
`flymake.el' that is included with Emacs 28.1 shows no definition
for the identifier `flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line'.

A search of Emacs NEWS back to version 22 (when `flymake' was
added) does not show any mention of
`flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line' becoming obsolete,
but it appears to be.

In the Flymake user manual, in the sub-section `(flymake) Finding
diagnostics', there is the following paragraph:

   Sometimes it is useful to have a detailed overview of the
   diagnostics in your files without having to jump to each one.
   The commands `flymake-show-buffer-diagnostics' and
   `flymake-show-project-diagnostics' are designed to handle this
   situation.  When invoked, they bring up a separate buffer
   containing a detailed structured listing of multiple diagnostics
   in the current buffer or for the current project, respectively
   (*note (emacs)Projects::).

In NEWS file for Emacs 28.1, `flymake-show-project-diagnostics'
is listed as a new command.  Both that function and
`flymake-show-buffer-diagnostics' work and might be the
replacements for the obsolete function.

(End of report.)

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