From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26233: 26.0.50; [PATCH] Improve documentation for display-buffer-alist Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:57:22 +0300 Message-ID: <83mvc9bb8d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87o9wq6c31.fsf@wi.uni-muenster.de> <1a350894-ae16-4706-888f-6575cdc559ec@default> <878tnt6bdi.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> <83shm1bvud.fsf@gnu.org> <87tw6h9zdg.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490457491 31253 195.159.176.226 (25 Mar 2017 15:58:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 26233@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jens Lechtenboerger Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 25 16:58:05 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4r-0007Xr-3V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:58:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37745 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4x-0004v0-80 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:58:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4r-0004uk-CP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:58:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4o-00074Q-7w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46278) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4o-00074M-4Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4n-0004We-RC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:58:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26233 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 26233-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26233.149045745417364 (code B ref 26233); Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26233) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2017 15:57:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44477 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4M-0004Vz-49 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:57:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55333) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4L-0004Vn-8W for 26233@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:57:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4F-0006rN-5m for 26233@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:57:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55923) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4F-0006rJ-2K; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:57:27 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1708 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cro4E-0005l1-72; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:57:26 -0400 In-reply-to: <87tw6h9zdg.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de> (message from Jens Lechtenboerger on Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:51 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:130932 Archived-At: > From: Jens Lechtenboerger > Cc: , <26233@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:58:51 +0100 > > > Those variables were obsoleted in Emacs 24.3, which was released 4 > > years ago. Isn't it too late to strongly object now to their > > deprecation? That ship sailed long ago. > > I see it this way: The departure of that ship was announced long > ago, for those knowing where to look; however, it did not sail yet. > I've got several settings for special-display variables in my init > file (predating 24.3, I don't know since when). They still work > today, and they work without any user visible warning. AFAIU, you describe how deprecated variables work. The complaint was about announcing the departure, not about the departure itself (which didn't yet happen). "the ship" I alluded to was the announcement.