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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Leading * in docstrings of defcustoms.
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:52:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e5wsetd0hr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7ccd24b0811221400k5ad450d7w17c89c9eb974d3@mail.gmail.com> (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:36 +0100")

"Juanma Barranquero" wrote:

> It should be OK for packages that are not independently maintained
> outside of Emacs (like org, tramp, etc.).

I was going to say, why should that make a difference - they must all
have come up with ways to do "automatic" syncs by now, or gone crazy.
But in light of recent events, maybe not! :)

> But such a large scale change is likely to piss off people with many
> local changes in their workspaces.

Only if it causes conflicts. I doubt there are many people with lots
of uncommitted changes to doc-strings (or close by).

I'd like to see the "*"s removed. And if it were done when 'tis done,
then 'twere well it were done quickly...




  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-24  7:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-22 19:31 Leading * in docstrings of defcustoms Lute Kamstra
2008-11-22 22:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-24  7:52   ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2008-11-24  8:31     ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-24 16:02     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-24 16:55       ` Drew Adams
2008-11-24 20:36         ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-24 22:43           ` Drew Adams
2008-11-24 23:21             ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-24 17:48       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-11-25  5:50     ` Lute Kamstra
2008-11-28 12:48       ` Lute Kamstra
2008-11-28 12:58         ` Juanma Barranquero

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