From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Leading * in docstrings of defcustoms. Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:48:32 +0900 Message-ID: <87fxlhj9qn.fsf@xemacs.org> References: <8763mfsgks.fsf@speer.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227554897 6990 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2008 19:28:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Glenn Morris , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Lute Kamstra , Juanma Barranquero To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 24 20:29:20 2008 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 1L4h7U-0006Ib-62 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:29:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33420 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L4h6K-0001SS-H9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:28:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L4fUb-0002C0-So for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:45:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L4fUa-0002Bk-Ce for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:45:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38102 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L4fUZ-0002Bf-UU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:45:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mtps02.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:34303) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L4fUY-0006WR-IC; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:44:58 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mtps02.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3224820F; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:44:55 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 31A1F1A2D03; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:48:33 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12-devo-585 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" 83e35df20028+ XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:106102 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > >> It should be OK for packages that are not independently maintained > >> outside of Emacs (like org, tramp, etc.). > > I was going to say, why should that make a difference - they must all > > IIUC the problem is not just one of syncing (tho it sadly appears it's > also a problem), but that the * does make a difference in older versions > of Emacs and maybe also under XEmacs. AFAIK usage of the * is very inconsistent in XEmacs. XEmacs tends not to make a clear distinction between user variables and internal variables in any case. I don't think you need to worry about XEmacs.