[ESS-bugs] ess-r-args-auto-show: amend doc string

[Rodney Sparapani]

Hi Gang:

Notice that this is the second bug report this month on ess-r-args-auto-show
and skeleton-pair-insert-maybe (the second is attached).

Rodney

David Reitter wrote:
> Running M-xess-r-args-auto-show inserts unwanted characters into my 
> buffer. For instance when calling it with point in between the parens 
> here:
>
> quartz()
>
> in an R-mode buffer, it inserts ^M.
>
> I've been trying to use it as such:
>
> (run-with-idle-timer 0.2 t
> (lambda ()
> (when (eq major-mode 'ess-mode)
> (ess-r-args-auto-show))))
>
> and now it seems to insert tabs into the buffer, whether it finds a 
> function or not. Other garbage is inserted as well - it is not limited 
> to tabs.
>
> A little investigation shows that the bug seems to be in 
> `skeleton-pair-insert-maybe'.
> This is an interactive function that essentially looks at the last key 
> event and inserts it into the buffer.
>
> Thus, binding ess-r-args-auto-show to '(' or so will result in the 
> right action, but doing anything else with the function will be 
> confusing.
>
> I suggest to either insert an appropriate check to the function to 
> make it more flexible, or amend the doc string:
>
> "Must be bound to a keyboard event that normally inserts a character 
> into the buffer."
>
>
> (For now, I'm using ess-r-args-show instead.)
>
>
> Also, this doc string:
>
> (ess-r-args-show &optional function)
>
> Show arguments and their default values of R function. Calls
> M-x ess-r-args-current-function if called without argument.
>
> seems a bit wonky, given that ess-r-args-current-function is not 
> interactive and can't be called with M-x.
>
>
>
>
> PS.: cc me in replies please.
>
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Rodney Sparapani      Center for Patient Care & Outcomes Research (PCOR)
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