From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' Date: 12 Jul 2002 17:00:47 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200207111925.g6BJPuO03928@rum.cs.yale.edu> <20020712091229.2E79.LEKTU@terra.es> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1026460912 20750 127.0.0.1 (12 Jul 2002 08:01:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:01:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lektu@terra.es, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17SvNA-0005OZ-00 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:01:52 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17SvWw-0002M2-00 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:11:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17SvNV-00045s-00; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:02:13 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17SvMT-00045G-00; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:01:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.195]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g6C80oe20647; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:00:50 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g6C80na00585; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:00:49 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g6C80nN29147; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:00:49 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g6C80lS01373; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:00:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 6252C37D5; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:00:47 +0900 (JST) Original-To: John Paul Wallington System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 14 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5693 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5693 John Paul Wallington writes: > > And speaking of that: why does `describe-variable' put that useless > > "Documentation:" header? `describe-function' does not do it, i.e.: > > I think for variables with big values, like `global-map', it makes sense. Why? If you mean `because it matches the Value: label used below', I'm not sure why it matters. I agree with Juanma; `Documentation:' is just an ugly and useless wart. -Miles -- Is it true that nothing can be known? If so how do we know this? -Woody Allen