GNU bug report logs - #9156
24.0.50; `apropos' doc in Elisp manual

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:38:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 9156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9156: 24.0.50; `apropos' doc in Elisp manual
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:55:07 +0800

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

> (elisp) Help Functions says this in its attempt to describe command
> `apropos':
>  
>  The function returns a list of elements that look like this:
>  
>    (SYMBOL SCORE FN-DOC VAR-DOC
>     PLIST-DOC WIDGET-DOC FACE-DOC GROUP-DOC)
>  
> None of those introduced (meta) names is defined/described, apart from
> SCORE.  This description of the return value is meaningless and not
> helpful.  The doc needs to describe such terms that it introduces.

They are now described.  Closing.
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