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From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Document option tool-bar-mode
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:58:53 -0600 (CST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200512180258.jBI2wrO21007@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22534.1134868813@olgas.newt.com> (message from Bill Wohler on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:20:13 -0800)

Bill Wohler wrote: 

      You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
   -tool-bar-mode}.
   +tool-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @samp{tool-bar-mode}.

The two things above are described as equivalent, but they are not.
The first is strictly for the current session, the second is usually
meant to be permanent.  It is @code{tool-bar-mode}, not @samp.
`customizing' is ambiguous.  It does not consistently refer to the
Customize interface, but is often used in a more general sense.

I prefer the following patch, where the word `variable' still could be
replaced by `option', depending on what we decide in another
discussion.   It only talks about turning toolbars _off_ permanently,
because they are enabled by default in all situations where they make
sense.

      You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
    tool-bar-mode}.  You can turn tool bars permanently off by putting the
    line @code{(tool-bar-mode 0)} in your @file{.emacs} file, or by saving
    the variable @code{tool-bar-mode} through the Customize interface.

Sincerely,

Luc.

  reply	other threads:[~2005-12-18  2:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-18  1:20 Document option tool-bar-mode Bill Wohler
2005-12-18  2:58 ` Luc Teirlinck [this message]
2005-12-18  5:57   ` Bill Wohler
2005-12-19  3:22     ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-19  3:41       ` Bill Wohler
2005-12-19  3:52         ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-19 23:46           ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-19  4:39   ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-19  4:49     ` Bill Wohler
2005-12-19  5:24     ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-19 23:47       ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-20  1:30         ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-20 16:33           ` Richard M. Stallman

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