From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10475: 24.0.92; `C-h v' displays `*' indicating user option Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:50:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7f68cec2-a520-47c5-8d4b-820619cc0213@default> References: <18E370DBB9F14AD7AAE6181C1CB116B7@us.oracle.com> <87mvoelz66.fsf@gnus.org> <3ab52fb9-48c6-4b36-a53f-fe60d607fb2d@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461862300 11200 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 16:51:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:51:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10475@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 18:51:27 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9y-0007JI-UU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:51:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50201 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9y-0000EP-6N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:51:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9e-00082i-Ro for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:51:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9a-0005b9-Jq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:41086) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9a-0005b4-Eb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9a-0005pE-6z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10475 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 10475-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10475.146186225922380 (code B ref 10475); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10475) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Apr 2016 16:50:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53423 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9X-0005ot-IB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:50:59 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:48428) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avp9V-0005og-SM for 10475@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:50:58 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3SGoo0Y017169 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:50:51 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SGoosX018605 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:50:50 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0004.oracle.com (abhmp0004.oracle.com [141.146.116.10]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SGomUq011655; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:50:49 GMT In-Reply-To: <3ab52fb9-48c6-4b36-a53f-fe60d607fb2d@default> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117096 Archived-At: If it wasn't clear, consider a library that is perfectly usable in Emacs 25 but also in older Emacs versions that require the `*'. That library _should_ continue to use the `*'. Emacs 25 and later should tolerate it: remove it from the output, knowing that older code will have it. It is narrow-minded to think that just because the latest distributed Emacs code no longer needs something no other Emacs code needs it.