GNU bug report logs - #7509
24.0.50; doc for `comment-style' and `comment-styles'

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

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:39:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 7509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7509: 24.0.50; doc for `comment-style' and `comment-styles'
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:49:30 -0800

> > I don't understand: the docstring of comment-styles (like all other
> > variable docstrings) doesn't describe its current value, but 
> > rather what are its possible value(s) and what they mean.  It
> > seems to be just as up-to-date as when I originally wrote it
> 
> The possible values seem to include `box' and `box-multi' (at 
> least I see those in the default alist value).  Neither of those
> is described in the doc string.

I was mistaken.  I was interpreting the alist values wrt the labels in the menu
for `comment-style'.  I guess that all that's missing are descriptions of the
latter.
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