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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit?
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:02:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnmk13e3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m37e8sywwd.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:38:42 +0200")

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> And in the case of variables, the trailing "You can _customize_ this
>> variable" which indicates a user option.
>
> Oh yeah, let's bikeshed the variable help buffers, too.  Here's a random
> example:
>
> ---
> gnus-summary-article-delete-hook is a variable defined in ‘gnus-sum.el’.
> Its value is nil
> Local in buffer *Summary nnimap+quimby.gnus.org:emacs-devel*; global value is the same.
>
>   This variable may be risky if used as a file-local variable.

I'll lean out of my passing car and shoot a paintball at the shed:

I've never understood what "risky" meant. Why would I make it file-local
to begin with? What would happen if I did? Who would be at risk?

If any of this information belongs "below the fold", I'm voting for this
bit.



  reply	other threads:[~2019-07-09  0:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-07-08 20:18 Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit? Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-08 20:29 ` Drew Adams
2019-07-08 20:31   ` Drew Adams
2019-07-08 21:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-07-08 22:26   ` bug#36478: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-08 23:21     ` Drew Adams
2019-07-08 23:30     ` Stefan Monnier
2019-07-09 13:58       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-09 14:18         ` Stefan Monnier
2019-07-10  3:58         ` Howard Melman
2019-07-10 11:27           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-10 12:59             ` Howard Melman
2019-07-10 14:06               ` Drew Adams
2019-07-08 21:14 ` bug#36478: " Stefan Monnier
2019-07-08 21:24 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-07-08 22:38   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-09  0:02     ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2019-07-09  0:59       ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-07-09  3:26         ` Eric Abrahamsen

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