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bug#64776: 29.0.91; doc string of `ignore'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#64776: 29.0.91; doc string of `ignore' |
Date: |
Sat, 22 Jul 2023 08:37:33 +0300 |
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:42:16 +0000
>
> 1. The two "and"s here are confusing. Maybe say something like this:
>
> It is bound to key sequences M-<noname>, C-<noname> and
> C-M-<drag-mouse-1>, and to many ordinary text characters.
This text is auto-generated, and in most cases the last "and" would
not be there. I did nothing about this, as the issue is very minor
anyway.
> 2. TheA &rest argument, such as ARGUMENTS here, is singular; its value
> is a list of actual arguments.
>
> This is incorrect; there is only one &rest argument, and its name
> here is ARGUMENTS.
>
> This:
>
> This function accepts any number of ARGUMENTS, but ignores them.
>
> should be this:
>
> This function accepts any number of arguments, but ignores them.
Thanks, I fixed it in a different way (the first sentence of a good
doc string should reference the arguments).
Closing.