From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 3135@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3135: 23.0.92; doc of custom-variable-documentation
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:56:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3mxgklsjb.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2ACB4C4205C543BF810CFD7ABD0D424F@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:45 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > Return documentation of VARIABLE for use in Custom buffer.
>> > Normally just return the docstring. But if VARIABLE automatically
>> > becomes buffer local when set, append a message to that effect.
>> >
>> > We need to make clear that VARIABLE need not be a user
>> > variable. Especially because much of the time the doc for `custom-*'
>> > treats a VARIABLE as a user variable.
>>
>> In my opinion, it's clear enough as it is.
>
> What makes it clear that VARIABLE is not necessarily a user variable
> (`user-variable-p')?
It says nothing about VARIABLE being a special kind of variable, so it
seems pretty obvious to me that it's talking about all kinds of
variables.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-27 21:16 bug#3135: 23.0.92; doc of custom-variable-documentation Drew Adams
2011-07-11 14:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-11 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-11 15:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-11 16:24 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-11 17:30 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-07-12 2:57 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-12 19:06 ` Richard Stallman
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