* doc/lispref/strings.texi (Creating Strings): 'concat' does not
necessarily return a newly allocated string. This has been the case
at least since 1997 (Emacs 20.3).
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Other Display Specs, Fringe Bitmaps):
Clarify how the optional FACE parameter of the left-fringe and
right-fringe display spec is used. Reported by Gregory Heytings
<ghe@sdf.org>.
* doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 3-11):
* doc/emacs/frames.texi (Tab Bars): Consistently use @var with
lower-case metasyntactic variables and @minus instead of a dash.
(Text-Only Mouse):
* doc/emacs/files.texi (Auto Revert):
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (emacsclient Options)
(Embedded WebKit Widgets):
* doc/lispref/control.texi (pcase Macro):
* doc/lispref/debugging.texi (Backtraces):
* doc/lispref/files.texi (Truenames):
* doc/lispref/frames.texi (Management Parameters):
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Time Calculations):
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Parsing JSON):
* doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi (Other versions of Emacs, Debugging)
(Swap Caps NT, Printing, Bash, Developing with Emacs):
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (New in Emacs 25):
* doc/misc/emacs-gnutls.texi (Help For Users):
* doc/misc/message.texi (Using S/MIME, Passphrase caching):
* test/manual/etags/tex-src/gzip.texi (Overview): Use @. when a
sentence in the middle of a paragraph ends with an upper-case letter
as per "(texinfo) Ending a Sentence".
* doc/lispref/errors.texi (Standard Errors): The error symbol
dbus-error is defined even when Emacs is built without D-Bus.
* doc/misc/dbus.texi (Bus Names, Introspection)
(Nodes and Interfaces, Methods and Signal)
(Properties and Annotations, Arguments and Signatures)
(Synchronous Methods, Receiving Method Calls, Signals)
(Alternative Buses, Errors and Events): Clarify wording. Fix
indentation of and simplify examples where possible. Improve
Texinfo markup and cross-referencing where possible.
(Type Conversion): Ditto. Remove mentions of Emacs' fixnum range
now that we have bignums.
* lisp/net/dbus.el (dbus-return-values-table)
(dbus-call-method-asynchronously, dbus-send-signal)
(dbus-register-signal, dbus-register-method)
(dbus-string-to-byte-array, dbus-byte-array-to-string)
(dbus-escape-as-identifier, dbus-check-event, dbus-event-bus-name)
(dbus-event-message-type, dbus-event-serial-number)
(dbus-event-service-name, dbus-event-path-name)
(dbus-event-interface-name, dbus-event-member-name)
(dbus-list-activatable-names, dbus-list-queued-owners, dbus-ping)
(dbus-introspect-get-interface-names, dbus-introspect-get-interface)
(dbus-introspect-get-method, dbus-introspect-get-signal)
(dbus-introspect-get-property, dbus-introspect-get-annotation-names)
(dbus-introspect-get-annotation, dbus-introspect-get-argument-names)
(dbus-introspect-get-argument, dbus-introspect-get-signature)
(dbus-set-property, dbus-register-property)
(dbus-get-all-managed-objects, dbus-init-bus): Clarify docstring and
improve formatting where possible.
(dbus-call-method): Ditto. Remove mentions of Emacs' fixnum range
now that we have bignums.
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Interpolated Strings): Move from here...
* doc/lispref/strings.texi (Custom Format Strings): ...to here,
renaming the node and clarifying the documentation.
(Formatting Strings): End node with sentence referring to the next
one.
* lisp/format-spec.el (format-spec): Clarify docstring.
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Interpolated Strings): Fix typos. Don't
document modifier for default space padding as it's redundant and
inconsistent with the docstring and implementation of format-spec.
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Fontsets): Improve the accuracy of a
cross-reference to "Character Properties".
* doc/emacs/mule.texi (Fontsets, Modifying Fontsets): Improve the
documentation of fontsets and how to modify them.
* doc/lispref/control.texi (Processing of Errors): Improve indexing by
adding the word form "handle" in addition to "handling". With thanks
to Eli Zaretskii.
Inspired by patch proposed by Dmitry Gutov (Bug#40671#393)
and by further comments by him and by Michael Heerdegen
in the same bug report.
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (setcar):
Don’t push mutability here.
* doc/lispref/eval.texi (Self-Evaluating Forms, Quoting)
(Backquote):
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Modifying Lists):
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Lisp Data Types, Mutability):
* doc/lispref/sequences.texi (Array Functions, Vectors):
* doc/lispref/strings.texi (String Basics, Modifying Strings):
Don’t use the word “constant” to describe all values that
a program should not change.
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Mutability):
Rename from “Constants and Mutability”. All uses changed.
In a footnote, contrast the Emacs behavior with that of Common
Lisp, Python, etc. for clarity, and say the goal is to be nicer.
While there, add a unit test to verify the behavior.
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Command-Line Arguments): Fix documentation: the
option string in 'command-switch-alist' does include leading hyphens.
Also mention that 'command-switch-alist' parsing ignores equals signs
in options.
* test/lisp/startup-tests.el
(startup-tests/command-switch-alist): New unit test.
Problem reported by Štěpán Němec in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2020-05/msg00130.html
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Sets And Lists, Association Lists):
Revert examples to be more like the way they were, using
self-evaluating expressions. Be more consistent about listing
unspecified results.
Thanks to Štěpán Němec and Drew Adams for reviews of recent changes.
* doc/lispref/eval.texi (Quoting): Give an example.
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Association Lists): Simplify example code.
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Lisp Data Types)
(Constants and Mutability): Clarify wording.
See Bug#40693#32.
* doc/lispref/eval.texi (Self-Evaluating Forms, Backquote):
Say that these yield constant conses, vectors and strings,
not constant symbols.
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Constants and Mutability): Say that an
attempt to modify a constant variable signals an error, instead of
saying that it has undefined behavior.
This change was inspired by comments from Štěpán Němec in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2020-04/msg01063.html
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Lisp Data Types): Mention mutability.
(Constants and mutability): New section.
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Lists diagrammed)
(Indent Tabs Mode): Improve wording.
* doc/lispref/eval.texi (Self-Evaluating Forms):
Say that they return constants.
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Sets And Lists):
Fix memql mistake/confusion that I recently introduced.
* doc/lispref/abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Expansion):
* doc/lispref/backups.texi (Reverting):
* doc/lispref/functions.texi (Mapping Functions):
* doc/lispref/help.texi (Accessing Documentation):
* doc/lispref/sequences.texi (Char-Tables):
* doc/lispref/syntax.texi (Categories):
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Sorting):
Remove function quoting from lambda in examples where it still occurs,
since examples should follow our best style and be consistent.
This patch builds on a suggested patch by Mattias Engdegård
and on further comments by Eli Zaretskii.
Original bug report by Kevin Vigouroux (Bug#40671).
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (set & setq, Review)
(setcar, Lists diagrammed, Mail Aliases, Indent Tabs Mode):
setq is a special form, not a function or command.
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (setcar):
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Modifying Lists, Rearrangement):
* doc/lispref/sequences.texi (Sequence Functions)
(Array Functions, Vectors):
* doc/lispref/strings.texi (String Basics, Modifying Strings):
Mention mutable vs constant objects.
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (setcar, setcdr)
(kill-new function, cons & search-fwd Review):
* doc/lispref/edebug.texi (Printing in Edebug):
* doc/lispref/keymaps.texi (Changing Key Bindings):
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Setcar, Setcdr, Rearrangement)
(Sets And Lists, Association Lists, Plist Access):
* doc/lispref/sequences.texi (Sequence Functions)
(Array Functions):
* doc/lispref/strings.texi (Text Comparison):
Fix examples so that they do not try to change constants.
Don't make it sound like `:key-sequence nil` is any different than the
absence of `:key-sequence`. And the performance advantage of
`:key-sequence` disappeared long ago.
* lisp/jit-lock.el (jit-lock-contextually): Clarify the jit-lock
operation when 'jit-lock-contextually' is non-nil and non-t.
* doc/lispref/modes.texi (Syntactic Font Lock)
(Other Font Lock Variables): Document the relation between
'jit-lock-register', 'font-lock-keywords-only', and syntactic
refontification.
