GNU bug report logs - #7521
24.0.50; doc for `delimit-columns-*'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:47:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7521: 24.0.50; doc for `delimit-columns-*'
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:44:29 +0200

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

> You cannot understand a thing about commands `delimit-columns-region'
> and `delimit-columns-rectangle' without reading the commentary in Lisp
> file delim-col.el.  In sum, there is no help for users - no doc.

I suspect that the workings of delim-col.el are too complicated to be
explained in a doc string for any of the commands.  If these commands
are to be useful to users, I think the proper solution is to document
them in the elisp manual.

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