From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc elisp intro cross reference fixes Date: 19 Nov 2003 23:58:19 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87wua28zux.fsf@zip.com.au> <87ad6vdsxi.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200311190418.hAJ4ITC02466@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200311190528.hAJ5SrK02553@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <3FBBD155.2050703@yahoo.com> <200311192348.hAJNm0106860@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069304407 22389 80.91.224.253 (20 Nov 2003 05:00:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ihs_4664@yahoo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 20 06:00:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMgvE-0001vb-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:00:04 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMgvE-00088V-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:00:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMhsM-0001ii-Iq for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:01:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AMhrU-0001P7-W0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:00:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AMhrA-0001E3-FH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:00:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMhr9-0001Ca-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:59:55 -0500 Original-Received: from vor.iro.umontreal.ca (vor.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.42]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAK4wKbj009347; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:58:20 -0500 Original-Received: by vor.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 039BC3C63E; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:58:20 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200311192348.hAJNm0106860@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:17944 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:17944 > But there is an "inconsistency" regardless of the `*' or no `*' stuff. > There are plenty of variables with :set functions for which M-x > customize-variable is going to have an effect and M-x set-variable is > not. Having the desired effect or not having any effect whatsoever > can hardly be described as a "very faint distinction". No, indeed, it's a bug that needs to be fixed in set-variable. Stefan