Re: gnus-group.el docstrings start with a *

[Artur Malabarba]

2015-11-05 9:55 GMT+00:00 Stephen Berman <address@hidden>:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:54:40 +0000 Artur Malabarba <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> See, for instance,
>>
>> (defcustom gnus-no-groups-message "No news is good news"
>>   "*Message displayed by Gnus when no groups are available."
>>   :group 'gnus-start
>>   :type 'string)
>>
>> Most docstrings in this file are like this.
>>
>> 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. [...]

Thanks Stephen.
So it's ok if I change it?