GNU bug report logs - #69402
28.3; checkdoc does not check for docstrings wider than 80 characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de>

Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:13:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 28.3

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de>
Cc: 69402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69402: 28.3; checkdoc does not check for docstrings wider
 than 80 characters
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 00:44:02 -0600

severity 69402 wishlist
tags 69402 wontfix
close 69402
thanks

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

>> From: Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:12:17 +0000
>>
>> IMHO, checkdoc should check that docstrings are no longer
>> than 80 (or byte-compile-docstring-max-column) characters.
>
> It does.  Add one more long line to the doc string, and you will see
> it.

I think we would take a patch to fix this minor inconsistency, but it's
not something that we will invest any time in fixing.

I'm therefore closing this bug report now.  Sorry.
This bug report was last modified 136 days ago.

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