From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a * Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:55:09 +0100 Message-ID: <87oaf8py82.fsf@gmx.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446717332 23817 80.91.229.3 (5 Nov 2015 09:55:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 09:55:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Artur Malabarba Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 05 10:55:23 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuHGM-0005p3-L5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:55:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59468 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuHGL-0001Q1-Sk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:55:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuHGI-0001Pr-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:55:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuHGD-0005HM-A4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:55:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:49764) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuHGD-0005Gb-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from rosalinde ([89.245.101.80]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LpcBS-1aPm3P3y7C-00fOA8; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:55:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Artur Malabarba's message of "Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:54:40 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:eoel0CiTS3VqXkKxfhGlOUl/RPHNCQ4L6rt6PVYy0NxNWNz7nKj NKD+qrd0R5VyrPj4mbJDDowA2QoLa8778UR6JT+tElVaEt9S8KLQmusKjpxMzYsNj3fae52 KuT6wXvMKU4rrFCFmpQ30MZLfvHtydNqvhtjL+gfGW6ac3NHVIvQhDUIQMnoTn31GQm4l2U QZjTy86VqJUt7df916YOA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:qfan26YLdg4=:H1kc3K0suLHCnyGy2LvGsh HaSDmzImqZaxTKd7aLhiBUxZEopipC/6qeenlD2PXzMgBnG8SMx3Oo5otf5mgNcM7BfFjiPG/ tWq1ot/ZNfNPeohMEG6iYw+ySKnCEBuBzt2jqO006se3GAyRaAMl+M+ixvlK/mmG3qrSDpZ57 wGojK2MU5EWkxCX9SUCTh+1Tl+Q6Ab1taAfOqYHzPYBu0OeoDdtXQNWFaoT5szRkHBLYqfIvk dqj5CwUgovMe6sRNM2BRMG0dhDzqj1So4dE+2q5nxuLK7Qs1dQn5dwDLcQFpdPKQ2VSiHFV9L ND86sjDv8tEvqhrg0E5ogOlHKq19cnkOpS4ld4dVRSwBo8fwtr2H/QQfZk1em+Lplnb+8YFcK wirRhzml1tkoATdlkDPQQ2RJ+YqDOmUrU6y5/pltwoDYtSZG0rEZu7ujSeFkVdCKv69MZ6tlx QOmN8JMfXk5qjefWTbcyn6nkq3wPhYSlNKsoajhLfzZ9o2QtsLOoeHIXtm+3wHPErzS5qclE8 0RR+VuQh5bTywJ72/ltkjNuLxYZ1ONU5YkaNdGCNb4V8XGh1wxEX5s/b8Aob2JRjEPUl/hLwY wKxm+Xp8cr9WRxHAhFfEszR2/75aPYhM263p6uYYgSQ15k8jKdWk5ipkp+lJ8i0PBWhFuC8RM 3Py1rA8Zu3aG2YmFsFV3C1CspYWReS+O99s3LXrROAMQIawdVPPPrI628ArRadeKdAHygWUNi W86v7hb4qXZ7XmjuotD4PQ3e56BGeeL3g6BtR1fdtBfVy2L1dC+5oblEczy+TK3sKuTEPSmw X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.15 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193282 Archived-At: On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:54:40 +0000 Artur Malabarba wrote: > See, for instance, > > (defcustom gnus-no-groups-message "No news is good news" > "*Message displayed by Gnus when no groups are available." > :group 'gnus-start > :type 'string) > > Most docstrings in this file are like this. > > Is there a reason for this? It's an obsolete convention for user options; cf. NEWS.24: * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3 ** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options. [...] Steve Berman