From: John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com>
Cc: lektu@terra.es, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable'
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:47:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E17Sw5E-000204-00@bundalo.shootybangbang.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buohej5s7dc.fsf@mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp> (message from Miles Bader on 12 Jul 2002 17:00:47 +0900)
> > > And speaking of that: why does `describe-variable' put that useless
> > > "Documentation:" header? `describe-function' does not do it, i.e.:
> >
> > I think for variables with big values, like `global-map', it makes sense.
>
> Why? If you mean `because it matches the Value: label used below', I'm
> not sure why it matters.
>
> I agree with Juanma; `Documentation:' is just an ugly and useless wart.
I guess it does look cleaner without it.
--
John Paul Wallington
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-12 8:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-10 9:42 mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' John Paul Wallington
2002-07-11 19:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-12 0:30 ` John Paul Wallington
2002-07-12 10:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-15 15:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-16 11:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 3:04 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-17 8:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 13:06 ` arglist in docstring (was: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' ) Stefan Monnier
2002-07-17 13:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 14:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-17 15:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 14:21 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 14:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-17 15:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-18 14:55 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-18 15:25 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-18 21:14 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-19 6:28 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12 7:18 ` mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12 7:55 ` John Paul Wallington
2002-07-12 8:00 ` Miles Bader
2002-07-12 8:47 ` John Paul Wallington [this message]
2002-07-12 10:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
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