From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: customize-apropos Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:03:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200512100347.jBA3lr917144@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134277936 19936 80.91.229.2 (11 Dec 2005 05:12:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 11 06:12:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElJUc-0007vs-8D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:11:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElJV2-00029G-By for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:11:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ElJOf-0006Yr-5b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:05:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ElJOe-0006XF-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:05:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ElJOd-0006X3-ID for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:05:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ElJQ7-000417-Vx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:06:48 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1ElJNH-0004Bo-Vk; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:03:52 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200512100347.jBA3lr917144@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Fri, 9 Dec 2005 21:47:53 -0600 (CST)) 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:47438 Archived-At: I believe that this should not happen. Variables should not be included in the customize-apropos output just because their docstring starts with a `*'. If a variable should appear in a customization buffer, one should define it with defcustom. I believe that this "feature" is just a remnant from the early days of Custom when barely any variable had a defcustom. I agree. Please install your patch. Meanwhile, Buffer-menu-sort-column should not be a user variable at all. I will fix that.