From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jpw@pobox.com (John Paul Wallington) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [patch] describe-variable mention :version and :package-version info Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:54:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87d4vav9ch.fsf@laptop.shootybangbang.com> References: <87ve92vh5x.fsf@laptop.shootybangbang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192845315 4120 80.91.229.12 (20 Oct 2007 01:55:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:55:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 20 03:55:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ij3YZ-0007AM-2F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:55:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3YR-00087I-J8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3YO-00083t-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3YM-00081v-N5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3YM-00081j-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from sceptre.pobox.com ([207.106.133.20]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ij3YM-0002vD-3B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from sceptre (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sceptre.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BEF12EF; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:21 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from laptop.shootybangbang.com (host86-149-231-159.range86-149.btcentralplus.com [86.149.231.159]) by sceptre.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AD6E8C247; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:18 -0400 (EDT) X-URL: http://www.shootybangbang.com/ X-Mailer: Norman X-Attribution: JPW X-NSA-Fodder: Waco, Texas interception Croatian CIA Bin Laden Chobetsu X-Face: #uahb@^mo@bA"{q'"a4y[w$n3/V:haD\; YenWcT7)kXYx3/>#[DD9ExVe}; 9FG6X`l!Dm"V peub=u!&&?}s~{TOPtGdH)KA}/qCr; d"Gr*'9_V1PE@+K'tk2/Iq@PBKtJ+]&,CP9_Fl8'*R]LCR0| 6q; Xey'`:DX+)S.]p[KP^sNe`8B\W6(Nw{o5i)y+I!h=0bU5L`Tj`~Q0!G"t(s7o7eh)J\>P>,!~/w $$jGEVa%H%8(jTv In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri\, 19 Oct 2007 20\:59\:31 -0400") User-Agent: Microsoft Gnus Express, Build 511.230 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:81280 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> I don't think `describe-variable' is sufficiently gnarly or long >> enough yet. Is it okay to install the following change? > > Can you try and help keep its size under control by creating a new function > for your new code, and just call that function from `describe-variable'? Done, sort of. The helper function returns the string to display instead.