Subject: bug#66071: 30.0.50; term-scroll-to-bottom-on-output missing choices

From: Mauro Aranda <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:29:30 -0300

On 18/9/23 12:22, Robert Pluim wrote:
 >>>>>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:12:41 -0300, Mauro Aranda 
<[email-masked]> said:
 >
 >     Mauro> On 18/9/23 11:20, Robert Pluim wrote:
 >     >> On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:20:07 -0300, Mauro Aranda
 >     Mauro>   <[email-masked]> said:
 >     >>      Mauro> Patch attached.
 >     >>
 >     >>      Mauro> From d891a9f705b3b4af2aedeed645f4636535ea6c2e Mon 
Sep 17
 >     Mauro>  00:00:00 2001
 >     >>      Mauro> From: Mauro Aranda <[email-masked]>
 >     >>      Mauro> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:19:04 -0300
 >     >>      Mauro> Subject: [PATCH] Fix term-scroll-to-bottom-on-output
 >     Mauro>  :type (Bug#66071)
 >     >>
 >     >>      Mauro> * lisp/term.el (term-scroll-to-bottom-on-output): Add
 >     Mauro>  missing choices.
 >     >>      Mauro> ---
 >     >>      Mauro>  lisp/term.el | 5 ++++-
 >     >>      Mauro>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 >     >>
 >     >>      Mauro> diff --git a/lisp/term.el b/lisp/term.el
 >     >>      Mauro> index b8466b21332..5dd73447cfb 100644
 >     >>      Mauro> --- a/lisp/term.el
 >     >>      Mauro> +++ b/lisp/term.el
 >     >>      Mauro> @@ -494,7 +494,10 @@ term-scroll-to-bottom-on-output
 >     >>
 >     >>      Mauro>  See variable `term-scroll-show-maximum-output'.
 >     >>      Mauro>  This variable is buffer-local."
 >     >>      Mauro> -  :type 'boolean
 >     >>      Mauro> +  :type '(choice (const :tag "Don't scroll" nil)
 >     >>      Mauro> +                 (const :tag "Scroll selected window
 >     Mauro>  only" this)
 >     >>      Mauro> +                 (const :tag "Scroll unselected 
windows"
 >     Mauro>  others)
 >     >>      Mauro> +                 (other :tag "Scroll all windows" t))
 >     >>      Mauro>    :group 'term)
 >     >>
 >     >> The code (and the docstring) also mention 'all.
 >
 >     Mauro> I know, that's why I put other, to catch either t or 'all, 
since it
 >     Mauro> doesn't make sense to have 2 different items for the same 
option. And
 >     Mauro> adding something to match only t or 'all didn't seem worth 
the trouble.
 >
 >     Mauro> Am I missing something?
 >
 > Both before and after your patch, the defcustom and the docstring
 > disagree. The docstring says 'all', but thatʼs not a value you can get
 > via customize.
 >
 > Personally Iʼd be inclined to delete 'all' from the docstring. People
 > already using 'all' wonʼt notice, since the code will still recognize
 > it.

That's fine by me, thanks.