From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#47128: 28.0.50; Be more helpful regarding message-syntax-checks Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:46:19 -0700 Message-ID: <87im4rsb6s.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87k0qasmpr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35012"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: 47128@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 12 18:48:01 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lVzjC-0008s8-IM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:47:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35592 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVzjB-0005QD-GJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:47:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58226) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVziO-0005P3-8h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:47:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46362) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lVziH-0006uh-VL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVziH-0004Gu-U1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:47:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 47128 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 47128-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B47128.161824598916381 (code B ref 47128); Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 47128) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2021 16:46:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57908 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVzhk-0004G9-Ql for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:46:29 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:35066 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lVzhj-0004Fw-Qw for 47128@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:46:28 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-71-197-184-122.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [71.197.184.122]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A65A5FA099 for <47128@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:46:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1618245981; bh=l3LxSBtJc9kHL4Mm4XblcmuwY2t8O14QEbN876NpPEs=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=iLVXQd49uGsWLhdqI/3JMu3RBzcRosr200OpbB91kEUyUz1lqkOPxdwKwqYDUZl3N flr6C77C2Tp+aEOreKqs2GiWWUpzTNBrVkaDAfo5K2RS/b8fiSIpaBs0wXVvLqR9Z2 aAIiZNOCAQm7mdvIApnn1yvN5wRl/yACzqPT+m7U= In-Reply-To: <87k0qasmpr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:38:56 -0800") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:203922 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > The `message-syntax-checks' option doesn't have a very useful > customization :type, and the manual section explaining what it does > isn't in the most obvious spot. This patch moves the manual explanation > from "News Headers" to the more general "Message Headers" section, as > the option governs both mail and news. It also expands the :type > definition to explicitly list all the possible options. > > The defcustom originally had two comments on it, one saying "Guess this > one shouldn't be easy to customize...", and another on the :type line > saying "improve this". That seems a bit contradictory. > > Anyway, I don't see the point of actually obfuscating the use of this > option; this patch should make it a little more discoverable. > > What would be even better is to obsolete this in favor of a new > `message-disabled-syntax-checks' option that was simply a plain list of > symbols. I feel like this is fairly uncontroversial -- does anyone have any objections? I may just go ahead and push, otherwise. (I've since tweaked the patch so that `message-syntax-checks' belongs to the 'message-headers group, in line with the other changes.)