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Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a *
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a * |
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Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:55:09 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:54:40 +0000 Artur Malabarba <address@hidden> wrote:
> See, for instance,
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> (defcustom gnus-no-groups-message "No news is good news"
> "*Message displayed by Gnus when no groups are available."
> :group 'gnus-start
> :type 'string)
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> Most docstrings in this file are like this.
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> Is there a reason for this?
It's an obsolete convention for user options; cf. NEWS.24:
* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3
** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options. [...]
Steve Berman