From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Lowercase text after full stop on describe-variable
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:23:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200206241523.g5OFN8B02270@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020624134828.2CD6.LEKTU@terra.es
> When a variable is obsolete, the help info looks ugly because the "not
> documented as a variable" text is not capitalized after a full stop.
>
> Example from local-write-file-hooks:
>
> > Documentation:
> > This variable is obsolete since 21.4.
> > Use `write-file-functions' instead.
> > not documented as a variable.
>
> Perhaps it is better to put the obsolescence info after the variable
> documentation, unless the current point was purposelly chosen to
> highlight the fact that the variable is obsolete.
How about just capitalizing the `not' ?
After all, even without the obsolete stuff it deserves a capital, doesn't it?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-24 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-24 13:49 Lowercase text after full stop on describe-variable Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-24 15:23 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2002-06-24 16:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-24 16:29 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-24 20:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-06-25 9:37 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-25 14:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-06-25 17:04 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-25 11:07 ` Richard Stallman
2002-06-27 8:54 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-27 14:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-06-27 16:27 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-06-27 16:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-06-27 19:14 ` Colin Walters
2002-06-28 6:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
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