From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: proposed new variable `emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column' Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:07:15 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200303012056.h21KuFt24965@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046617927 11767 80.91.224.249 (2 Mar 2003 15:12:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18pV8I-00033f-00 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:12:06 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18pVQi-0007wJ-00 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:31:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pV6B-0003JB-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:09:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pV43-0002cy-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:07:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pV3i-0001t4-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:07:26 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18pV3c-0001cR-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:07:16 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18pV3b-0004Yl-00; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:07:15 -0500 Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" In-reply-to: <200303012056.h21KuFt24965@rum.cs.yale.edu> (monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu) Original-cc: swift@alum.mit.edu Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12061 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12061 Why can't they set fill-column in their emacs-lisp-mode-hook ? It looks to me like an unnecessary customization variable. This feature is good to enable by default. It is better to implement it directly, not thru a hook. I don't like this change because docstrings shouldn't be limted to 65 chars. This won't limit them, it will just normally fill them to 65 chars. Longer lines than that are not a good idea except in special circumstances, and in those special circumstances, you can simply avoid filling.