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Re: Uncomprehensible DOC string


From: Michael Albinus
Subject: Re: Uncomprehensible DOC string
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:53:55 +0200
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David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> That addresses the last partial sentence of my report.  What about the
> rest?  There is no sense to leave a fragmentary explanation in the DOC
> string when you need to read up the function's behavior elsewhere,
> anyhow.  The manual reference should be there to explain the _terms_
> used in the DOC string, but the DOC string should still be _complete_
> once the terms are clear.

I'll try to be a little bit more comprehensive in the doc
string. However, I don't believe that the doc string of
`start-file-process' is the place to explain what are file name
handlers at all.

Best regards, Michael.





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