From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: wohler@newt.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Document option tool-bar-mode
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:39:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1EoCoM-0000Wy-9D@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200512180258.jBI2wrO21007@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:58:53 -0600 (CST))
> You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
> -tool-bar-mode}.
> +tool-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @samp{tool-bar-mode}.
>
> The two things above are described as equivalent, but they are not.
> The first is strictly for the current session, the second is usually
> meant to be permanent.
Not necessaily. You can set variables either temporarily or permanently
with Custom. So I think Bill's text is not wrong (aside from @samp).
We're talking to people here, not to machines. If people won't get
the wrong idea, it isn't a problem. Meanwhile, making the text longer
and more cumberson would impede clarity. Let's use Bill's shorter
text.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-19 4:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-18 1:20 Document option tool-bar-mode Bill Wohler
2005-12-18 2:58 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-18 5:57 ` Bill Wohler
2005-12-19 3:22 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-19 3:41 ` Bill Wohler
2005-12-19 3:52 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-19 23:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-19 4:39 ` Richard M. Stallman [this message]
2005-12-19 4:49 ` Bill Wohler
2005-12-19 5:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-19 23:47 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-20 1:30 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-20 16:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
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