From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: defcustom and the stars.
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:13:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EIENLHALHGIMHGDOLMIMCEAOCOAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hcv6k2vs.fsf@lrde.org>
Hi Michael,
> Please, do not remove me from the list of Cc as I don't scrupulously
> read Emacs Devel usually.
OK; sorry about that. I know I don't like getting two copies of everything,
so I tend to think others too might want just the list copy. I realize this
is an incorrect assumption.
> > Yes. Here is a doc string I have, for instance.
> > "**Completions* window is removed if fewer chars than this are input."
>
> I don't see your point. Maybe this has been discussed with Juanma, but
> what's the harm removing the first * ?
The doc string that the user sees then reads "Completions* window...", which
is not good - the text should say *Completions*.
> > Why not just leave any extra `*' there?
>
> Because it's confusing and somewhat useless for the user.
The user doesn't see the first `*'. How is it confusing to the user?
> What about « You can change this variable using `set-variable' » with
> a link on « change » ?
Yes, that's OK by me.
(<nitpick>Though it's really the value that is changed...</nitpick>)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-04 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-02 22:00 defcustom and the stars Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 3:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-03 11:05 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 12:24 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-03 12:49 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 13:08 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-03 13:18 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 13:29 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-03 13:43 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 13:57 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-03 14:52 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 18:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-03 20:57 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-03 21:21 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-03 21:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-04 2:31 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-04 2:31 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-04 7:34 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-04 17:08 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 19:28 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-04 22:13 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2007-01-04 22:50 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-04 22:58 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-08 17:51 ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-08 18:09 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-08 18:32 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-08 18:46 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-08 20:50 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 4:21 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-09 18:32 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 22:56 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-10 15:15 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10 16:19 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-10 18:44 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10 18:47 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-08 18:26 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-05 6:36 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-05 15:15 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 22:33 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-03 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-03 18:34 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-04 2:32 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-04 16:57 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 17:10 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-04 17:16 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 17:39 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-04 18:22 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 19:30 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-04 22:32 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 22:49 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-04 23:12 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 1:01 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-05 1:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
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