From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit? Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:02:28 -0700 Message-ID: <87pnmk13e3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871rz0i5ik.fsf@tcd.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="67032"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 09 02:02:53 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkdas-000HH3-HM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 02:02:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45756 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkdar-0003qU-B2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:02:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43518) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkdam-0003q2-Pe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:02:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkdal-0006mS-VT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:02:44 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:51134 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkdal-0006eb-Rt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:02:43 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [207.108.197.156]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B8F67FA02D; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 00:02:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:38:42 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 52.70.2.18 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:238422 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > "Basil L. Contovounesios" writes: > >> And in the case of variables, the trailing "You can _customize_ this >> variable" which indicates a user option. > > Oh yeah, let's bikeshed the variable help buffers, too. Here's a random > example: > > --- > gnus-summary-article-delete-hook is a variable defined in =E2=80=98gnus-s= um.el=E2=80=99. > Its value is nil > Local in buffer *Summary nnimap+quimby.gnus.org:emacs-devel*; global valu= e is the same. > > This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable. I'll lean out of my passing car and shoot a paintball at the shed: I've never understood what "risky" meant. Why would I make it file-local to begin with? What would happen if I did? Who would be at risk? If any of this information belongs "below the fold", I'm voting for this bit.