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bug#25193: [PATCH] Improve the doc of re-search-forward and re-search-ba
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bug#25193: [PATCH] Improve the doc of re-search-forward and re-search-backward. |
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Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:42:57 -0400 |
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Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks for the report.
> You could refer for details to the manual, maybe providing a link to the
> proper node; but you don't want to refer to the doc string of another
> function 'B' to document the arguments of the current function 'A'.
> IMO the doc string of 'A' must introduce all its arguments.
>
> Otherwise, i am worry you could go an step further, f.i.
> `search-forward'/ `search-backward' share the same optional arguments, so:
I think it's okay to point to other functions, as long as we keep the
chain to length 1.
> 1) doc string `re-search-backward': See the doc string of `re-search-forward'
> for details.
> 2) doc string `re-search-forward': See the doc string of
> `search-backward' for details.
> 3) doc string `search-backward': See the doc string of
> `search-forward' for details.
> 4) doc string `search-forward': Wow, you are are very persistent
> user! Please see the manual for details, i am a very busy doc string.
:D
But if all of `re-search-backword', re-search-forward',
`search-backward', would say "see doc string of `search-forward'" I
think it would be okay.
- bug#25193: [PATCH] Improve the doc of re-search-forward and re-search-backward.,
npostavs <=