From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Incompatible change without "warning" Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 16:18:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200505012118.j41LI2A24486@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <16997.28602.876638.54728@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <16998.58339.710430.454702@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17000.13278.865098.49756@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17006.1736.406738.121947@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <20050430231856.CE9369F511@mirror.positive-internet.com> <17012.21023.433350.503716@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17012.57973.677404.342871@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114983186 16557 80.91.229.2 (1 May 2005 21:33:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 21:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 23:33:03 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DSM3L-0001ET-I0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 23:32:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DSMA7-0007vG-GN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 17:39:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DSM3m-0003Vt-Vz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 17:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DSM3c-0003Lf-2a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 17:32:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DSM3Y-00036l-Vc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 17:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DSLtX-0008Vn-OW; Sun, 01 May 2005 17:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j41LI9og025027; Sun, 1 May 2005 16:18:10 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j41LI2A24486; Sun, 1 May 2005 16:18:02 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 01 May 2005 14:57:10 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36565 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36565 I guess that the following line should be removed from subr.el: (make-obsolete-variable 'executing-macro 'executing-kbd-macro "before 19.34") But just to make sure that there are no misunderstandings. When I said that the use of executing-macro was recommended by the Elisp manual until August 2004, I was not referring to edebug.texi. I was referring to `(elisp)Keyboard Macros' which until then used to say: -- Variable: executing-macro This variable contains the string or vector that defines the keyboard macro that is currently executing. It is `nil' if no macro is currently executing. A command can test this variable so as to behave differently when run from an executing macro. Do not set this variable yourself. It seems strange to remove a variable just one single release after stopping recommending its use. Sincerely, Luc.