* gnus-group.el docstrings start with a *
@ 2015-11-04 23:54 Artur Malabarba
2015-11-05 9:55 ` Stephen Berman
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From: Artur Malabarba @ 2015-11-04 23:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
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?
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* Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a *
2015-11-04 23:54 gnus-group.el docstrings start with a * Artur Malabarba
@ 2015-11-05 9:55 ` Stephen Berman
2015-11-05 10:50 ` Artur Malabarba
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From: Stephen Berman @ 2015-11-05 9:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Artur Malabarba; +Cc: emacs-devel
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:54:40 +0000 Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> 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. [...]
Steve Berman
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* Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a *
2015-11-05 9:55 ` Stephen Berman
@ 2015-11-05 10:50 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-11-05 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Artur Malabarba @ 2015-11-05 10:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Berman; +Cc: emacs-devel
2015-11-05 9:55 GMT+00:00 Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:54:40 +0000 Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> 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?
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* Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a *
2015-11-05 10:50 ` Artur Malabarba
@ 2015-11-05 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2015-11-05 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bruce.connor.am; +Cc: stephen.berman, emacs-devel
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:50:49 +0000
> From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
> > * 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?
Doesn't Gnus want to support older Emacsen?
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