From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Artur Malabarba Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a * Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:50:49 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87oaf8py82.fsf@gmx.net> Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446720670 14214 80.91.229.3 (5 Nov 2015 10:51:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:51:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 05 11:50:59 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 1ZuI8A-00009V-Of for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:50:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59779 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuI8A-0005Pr-1A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:50:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38148) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuI83-0005Pb-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:50:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuI82-0008U8-8f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:50:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::22b]:33735) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuI82-0008U2-1k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:50:50 -0500 Original-Received: by lbbkw15 with SMTP id kw15so26568876lbb.0 for ; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:50:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=yPLiLP62cQBzW+/bNBn5zmhoYkuXkmo2bQ9pg9SoSXM=; b=HGE19Oyp8Tv+56Kd1hrwspFfv07looVmGEVA96/770Q9A6D3dtjvn8WiL5IYsT4udB CNWY4eB5Z9kHzBw7QvgyXdzP73xc8NC0kQcLxhs0n46DyyLweStKvIiB7aXfSv04Iu4n ddrHYbXrikS5ZVD9TyZ59OmDA0xQmzQiv/Pbd9WPPhPCalGHy5bZ+m1vAHqq6IwA+gqe B3aEewNUtLVfPMAZgth6PwejQEKiMHWBneaFoOC6tOLNlxJMnnrIJJ7u3xUYqO0bjc3o G2qP66pjHU0Yci+LUsd3u4GzKkprdjPXssFeN9o9dIq6FUSxl/TM/Adf9dTjCRYHbq4H WaoA== X-Received: by 10.112.35.196 with SMTP id k4mr3442430lbj.3.1446720649226; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:50:49 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.112.63.70 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 02:50:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87oaf8py82.fsf@gmx.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: lSFrTSadH2RJMmUs2aqNAruE9NE X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c04::22b 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:193283 Archived-At: 2015-11-05 9:55 GMT+00:00 Stephen Berman : > 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. [...] Thanks Stephen. So it's ok if I change it?