From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: rgm@gnu.org
Cc: 20702@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20702: 25.0.50; (elisp) `ImageMagick Images': say how to tell if Emacs has IM support, etc.
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 21:51:32 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fv6ctwaz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83h9qstx1j.fsf@gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 21:35:36 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: 20702@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> > Cc: 20702@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 14:06:50 -0400
> >
> > I don't think that checking for elements in there is the right way to
> > see if Emacs supports a given feature. That's why it is intentionally
> > not mentioned in the manuals.
>
> I cannot see any sense in this decision. The value of the variable is
> very clear to a human reader, so I don't understand why we should hold
> it secret.
Maybe you meant the value should not be examined by Lisp programs. In
which case I might agree: I was talking about humans examining the
value, not programs.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-31 15:08 bug#20702: 25.0.50; (elisp) `ImageMagick Images': say how to tell if Emacs has IM support, etc Drew Adams
2015-05-31 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-31 18:06 ` Glenn Morris
2015-05-31 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-31 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2015-05-31 23:39 ` Glenn Morris
2016-04-30 19:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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[not found] ` <<83iob8u32e.fsf@gnu.org>
2015-05-31 18:06 ` Drew Adams
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