Re: New Flymake rewrite in emacs-26

[João Távora]

Hi, Lele

Thank you very much for proof-reading the doc. I make a lot of silly mistakes.

I wonder if you've read the docstrings in the .el files, too, since that's where most of the new documentation is right now.

> Will make a proper bug report with a patch, if you prefer:

Neither of those is essential I think. Unless someone disagrees, keep posting to this thread and I'll make a commit crediting you as the author.

Thanks,

João

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Lele Gaifax <address@hidden> wrote:

Will make a proper bug report with a patch, if you prefer.

    diff --git a/doc/misc/flymake.texi b/doc/misc/flymake.texi
    index 5dd72f81e2..18d9d05e62 100644
    --- a/doc/misc/flymake.texi
    +++ b/doc/misc/flymake.texi
    @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Syntax check statuses
    address@hidden Syntax check statuses

     After syntax check is finished, its status is displayed in the mode line.
    -The following statuses are defined.
    +The following statuses are defined:

    address@hidden @columnfractions 0.25 0.75
    address@hidden @code{Wait}
    @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Adding support for a new syntax check tool
    address@hidden is required to initialize the syntax check,
     usually by creating a temporary copy of the buffer contents.  The
     function must return @code{(list cmd-name arg-list)}.  If
    address@hidden returns null, syntax check is aborted, by
    address@hidden returns null, syntax check is aborted, but
    address@hidden is not switched off.

    address@hidden cleanup-function

    diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el b/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el
    index 0b28dc31cf..1e959d884c 100644
    --- a/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el
    +++ b/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el
    @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ flymake-diagnostic-functions
     * the remaining arguments are keyword-value pairs in the
       form (:KEY VALUE :KEY2 VALUE2...).  Currently, Flymake provides
       no such arguments, but backend functions must be prepared to
    -  accept to accept and possibly ignore any number of them.
    +  accept and possibly ignore any number of them.

     Backend functions are expected to initiate the buffer check, but
     aren't required to complete it check before exiting: if the

ciao, lele.
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João Távora