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Re: wdired.el 1.7 --- Rename files editing their names in dired buffers


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: wdired.el 1.7 --- Rename files editing their names in dired buffers
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:04:14 -0500

> 1. The first line should stand on its own.
> 
> 2. Please write two spaces after the end of a sentence.
> 
> These are standard Emacs conventions; please see the Documentation
> Tips node of the Emacs Lisp Manual.  Many other doc strings in
> wdired.el need to be fixed in the same way.
> 
>     (defcustom wdired-is-ok-overwrite nil
>       "*If non-nil the renames can overwrite files without asking,
>     if wdired-use-interactive-rename is non-nil."
> 
> This has problem #1, and another problem: symbol names such as
> wdired-use-interactive-rename need to be written inside `...'.
> That is also a general rule; the only exceptions are t and nil.

I recommend the use of checkdoc to check those docstring
conventions.  C-u M-x checkdoc-current-buffer is what I use.


        Stefan





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