Re: Docstring for system-type

[Steven Tamm <steventamm@mac.com>]

The darwin string should say "Compile for Mac OS X or Darwin" since it 
works perfectly on GNU-Darwin x86.

-Steven

On Jan 11, 2005, at 2:41 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> I can never remember which value of `system-type' is used for which 
> system,
> so I think the docstring should simply list them.
>
> Any objection/addition/adjustment/clarification ?
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
> --- orig/src/emacs.c
> +++ mod/src/emacs.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  /* Fully extensible Emacs, running on Unix, intended for GNU.
> -   Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,98,1999,2001,02,03,2004
> -      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 
> 1999, 2001,
> +     2002, 2003, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
>  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
>
> @@ -2439,7 +2439,16 @@
>  Many arguments are deleted from the list as they are processed.  */);
>
>    DEFVAR_LISP ("system-type", &Vsystem_type,
> -	       doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system 
> you are using.  */);
> +	       doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system 
> you are using.
> +Special values:
> +  `ms-dos'      compiled as an MS-DOS application.
> +  `windows-nt'  compiled as a native W32 application.
> +  `cygwin'      compiled using the Cygwin library.
> +  `vax-vms' or `axp-vms': Running on a (Open)VMS system.
> +  `macos'       compiled for Mac OS 9.
> +  `darwin'      compiled for Mac OS X.
> +  `gnu/linux'   compiled for the GNU/Linux system.
> +Anything else indicates some sort of Unix system.  */);
>    Vsystem_type = intern (SYSTEM_TYPE);
>
>    DEFVAR_LISP ("system-configuration", &Vsystem_configuration,
>
>
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