From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Hagelberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: document package.el Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:48:56 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281138547 23789 80.91.229.12 (6 Aug 2010 23:49:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 23:49:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs discussions To: Tom Tromey Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 07 01:49:06 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhWev-0004r7-H7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:49:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42943 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OhWev-0000na-2E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:49:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48944 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OhWep-0000mY-6h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:49:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhWeo-0006Cx-3h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:48:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.216.169]:43753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhWeo-0006Cm-1H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:48:58 -0400 Original-Received: by qyk12 with SMTP id 12so143612qyk.0 for ; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:48:57 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.61.140 with SMTP id t12mr8768047vch.194.1281138536837; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.163.145 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:48:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:128413 Archived-At: On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: > I'd appreciate comments on this patch. > > I finally found a little time to write some documentation for > package.el. Thanks; this looks great! I've had a number of people ask me about how multi-file packages work, so now I will point them here. The only thing I'd note is that it doesn't mention anything about the user-level settings that control package activation and installation. Perhaps the defcustom docstrings are sufficient for these already? -Phil