GNU bug report logs - #14321
Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "José Luis González" <jlgonzal <at> ya.com>

Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:50:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org,
Cc: jlgonzal <at> ya.com
Subject: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:36:24 +0200

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: José Luis González <jlgonzal <at> ya.com>
Cc: 14321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14321: Documentation doesn't refer to set-scroll-bar-mode
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:07:38 -0700

"José Luis González" <jlgonzal <at> ya.com> writes:

> Info documentation for emacs 24.2.1 instructs in section "21.22 Scroll Bars"
> that "To control the use of scroll bars at startup, customize the variable
> `scroll-bar-mode'." However it fails to mention that it must be done by
> calling set-scroll-bar-mode, since directly setting the variable has no real
> effect. This is explained in the built-in documentation for the variable, but
> not in the Info documentation.

(I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately gotten no
responses yet.)

As the doc string also says:

---
Setting the variable with a customization buffer also takes effect.
---

So I think the manual is correct here, although it uses "customize the
variable" in one specific sense; i.e., you have to use Customize -- you
can't just set it with `setq' or the like.

I've added a link to the Customization node here as a further hint in
Emacs 27.

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