From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10475: 24.0.92; `C-h v' displays `*' indicating user option Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:01:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87mvoelz66.fsf@gnus.org> References: <18E370DBB9F14AD7AAE6181C1CB116B7@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461845002 32708 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 12:03:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10475@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 14:03:11 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1avkf1-0003jk-7h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:03:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48203 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avkf0-0006T5-OC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40075) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avkex-0006QW-6J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avkes-000650-5S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:03:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39113) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avkes-00064w-2D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avker-0005DT-Nd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:03:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10475 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10475-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10475.146184493419979 (code B ref 10475); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10475) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Apr 2016 12:02:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51447 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avke6-0005CB-6y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:36823) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avke5-0005C4-2m for 10475@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:02:13 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avkdl-0002bl-J9; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:02:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: <18E370DBB9F14AD7AAE6181C1CB116B7@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:08:51 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117043 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > (defcustom foo nil > "*A foobar function or nil." > :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil) function) > :group 'convenience) > > Then `C-h v foo'. The `*' indicating that this is a user variable > (e.g. usable by `set-variable') is printed as if it were part of the > doc. It should be removed. I don't think so. Instead we should remove all the superfluous "*"s in the source code. I'll submit a bug report. > In addition, `user-variable-p' is the test used for functions such as > `set-variable', and it`user-variable-p' recognizes the `*' as defining a > user variable. This is correct behavior. The only problem is that > `describe-variable' should not treat this `*' as if it were part of the > doc text. It no longer does that. It's now an alias for custom-variable-p. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no