From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E27C431FAF for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 04:37:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RCZOqO5z2zwg for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 04:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tempo.its.unb.ca (tempo.its.unb.ca [131.202.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6C6A431FAE for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 04:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) by tempo.its.unb.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r54BbBuA008524; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:37:11 -0300 Received: from fctnnbsc30w-156034082078.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net ([156.34.82.78] helo=zancas.localnet) by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UjpY2-0001Nm-UW; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:37:11 -0300 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UjpXx-0005Un-5w; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:37:01 -0300 From: David Bremner To: Tomi Ollila , Austin Clements Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: remove hardcoded defaults values from docstrings In-Reply-To: References: <1370181885-23021-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> <20130604040102.GJ5999@mit.edu> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.15.2+141~gd298af4 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:37:01 -0300 Message-ID: <8738syrtsy.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam_bar: - Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:37:35 -0000 Tomi Ollila writes: > On Tue, Jun 04 2013, Austin Clements wrote: > >> I realize this already got pushed, but to me this seems like a >> reversion for the 95% of users who haven't customized >> notmuch-archive-tags and just want to know that archiving means >> removing the inbox tag. Why is this less confusing? Users who have >> customized notmuch-archive-tags will probably know that the "default" >> doesn't apply to them. As a side note, this kind of thing is why I started a texinfo manual; I don't really think reading docstrings is the best intro for a new user. > Can we have both -- i.e. something like (default: "-inbox") in the > docstring. When entering c-h f notmuch-show-archive-thread > The `notmuch-archive-tags' in text is a hyperlink to the documentation > of notmuch-archive-tags (which shows its current value)... I don't really mind Tomi's suggestion, although in practice I think following the hyperlink is also not so burdensome. I mainly didn't like the places it mentioned "inbox" without mentioning the variable that really controls it. d