From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [drew.adams@oracle.com: RE: Customize doc strings and tag strings do not respect \\<...> and \\[...]] Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:57:37 -0500 Message-ID: <87slpyfeam.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141492284 8386 80.91.229.2 (4 Mar 2006 17:11:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 04 18:11:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFaHi-00049O-TA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:11:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFaHm-0004EH-Op for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 12:11:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FFYCa-0000mo-QN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:57:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FFYCX-0000lN-4W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:57:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFYCX-0000lI-0n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:57:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [18.95.7.147] (helo=outgoing.mit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FFYEM-00067E-Kn; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:59:38 -0500 Original-Received: by outgoing.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0B2EA1E40CC; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:57:37 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:59:42 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:51186 Archived-At: > emacs -q > > (defcustom foo nil > "*Behavior of `\\\\[my-cmd]' when foobaz is in the wind." > :type 'boolean) > > Then, `C-h v foo' shows the doc string correctly as, say, "Behavior of > `M-a' when foobaz is in the wind." However, when you click the > Customize link and get to the Customize buffer, the key bindings are > not substituted in the doc string. You see this: > > Behavior of `\\[my-cmd]' when foobaz is in the wind. > > Note that one level of backslash is removed. I can't reproduce this. For example, M-x customize-option RET Info-enable-edit displays the "\\\\[Info-edit]" tag fine.