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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Subject: RE: defcustom and the stars.
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:01:01 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EIENLHALHGIMHGDOLMIMCEBCCOAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7ccd24b0701041512re463ba5o10c44b4894ac49dd@mail.gmail.com>

> > I support stripping it from what is shown to the user.
> 
> That's what Michaël proposed, and I agreed.

I probably just misunderstood.
 
> > I thought this was about "fixing" defcustom doc strings that
> > didn't need an initial `*' by removing it definitively, not
> > just for display.
> 
> Not programmatically, no; though Michaël also talked about removing
> them definitely (and slowly: remember the needles) from defcustoms,
> *by hand*.

I agree with removing them from defcustoms (but not defvars) by hand, progressively. I must have misunderstood.

> > I also agree that `describe-variable' should indicate that an
> > option is an option. I think I said that. I support that change.
> 
> Let's try to remember revisiting the issue after the release.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-05  1:01 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
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 [this message]
2007-01-05  1:09                         ` Juanma Barranquero

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