GNU bug report logs - #71720
[PATCH] Do not prematurely truncate python eldoc string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>

Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
To: kobarity <kobarity <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 71720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71720: [PATCH] Do not prematurely truncate python eldoc string
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 08:32:19 +0530
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kobarity wrote:

> James Thomas wrote:
>> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
>> >> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 23:16:51 +0900
>> >> From: kobarity <kobarity <at> gmail.com>
>> >> Cc: 71720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> >>
>> >> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > kobarity, any comments?
>> >>
>> >> I agree with this fix.  For those who want the same behavior as
>> >> before, setting eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p to nil should be
>> >> sufficient.  It might be better to make this change known in etc/NEWS,
>> >> though.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > James, can you add a NEWS entry and resubmit?
>>
>> How about this?
>
>> +*** 'eldoc' no longer truncates to a single line by default.
>> +Previously, the entire docstring was not available to eldoc, which made
>> +'eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p' ineffective. The old behaviour may be
>> +kept by setting that.
>> +
>
> Thanks, I think the content is perfect, but from other examples, it
> might be better to have two spaces after the period.

Fixed:

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