From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexander Pohoyda Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Documentation style Date: 15 Oct 2004 18:30:56 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87y8i8t03j.fsf@oak.pohoyda.family> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097857900 31618 80.91.229.6 (15 Oct 2004 16:31:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 15 18:31:29 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CIUzJ-0006WS-00 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:31:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CIV6S-0006U6-FH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:38:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CIV6M-0006Tq-6G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CIV6L-0006TT-I8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:38:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CIV6L-0006TQ-F5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:38:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [213.165.64.20] (helo=mail.gmx.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CIUyq-00060q-Bo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:31:00 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 11463 invoked by uid 65534); 15 Oct 2004 16:30:59 -0000 Original-Received: from p50843BF5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO www2.gmx.net) (80.132.59.245) by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 15 Oct 2004 18:30:59 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14602519 Original-Received: from oak.pohoyda.family (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.gmx.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9FGUv6U000559 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:30:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net) Original-Received: (from apog@localhost) by oak.pohoyda.family (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i9FGUuka000556; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:30:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.pohoyda.family: apog set sender to alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net using -f Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28440 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28440 I re-read the Documentation section in the manual, but didn't find the answer. Is there a reason to document variables like this: (defvar abcd nil "\ *Some variable..") or is it *fully* equivalent to this: (defvar abcd nil "Some variable..") ? -- Alexander Pohoyda PGP Key fingerprint: 7F C9 CC 5A 75 CD 89 72 15 54 5F 62 20 23 C6 44