bug#5215: 23.1.50; blink-cursor-mode docstring
Kevin Rodgers <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:27:11 -0700
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[email protected] wrote: > One finds > (custom-set-variables > '(blink-cursor-mode nil)... > However > blink-cursor-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in... > With a numeric argument, turn blinking cursor mode on if ARG is > positive,... According to its doc string, custom-set-variables sets each SYMBOL's value cell. It does not call each SYBMOL's function cell. Do you understand the difference between a variable and a function? > But only numeric arguments are mentioned. And a quick peek in the Emacs > Lisp manual doesn't say if nil is a numeric argument. Therefore the > docstring of blink-cursor-mode should be beefed up perhaps. > > Compare > size-indication-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in... > With ARG, turn Size Indication mode on if ARG is positive... -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA