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24.0.50; `apropos' doc in Elisp manual

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; `apropos' doc in Elisp manual
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:36:37 -0700

NOTE: Sending this from a different Emacs version, since bug reporting
from emacs -Q is completely broken in this version:
 
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-07-18 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/build/include'

---------------

emacs -Q
 
(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.
 
 
 
 
 

 

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