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Re: Lowercase text after full stop on describe-variable


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Lowercase text after full stop on describe-variable
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:23:08 -0400

> When a variable is obsolete, the help info looks ugly because the "not
> documented as a variable" text is not capitalized after a full stop.
> 
> Example from local-write-file-hooks:
> 
> > Documentation:
> > This variable is obsolete since 21.4.
> > Use `write-file-functions' instead.
> > not documented as a variable.
> 
> Perhaps it is better to put the obsolescence info after the variable
> documentation, unless the current point was purposelly chosen to
> highlight the fact that the variable is obsolete.

How about just capitalizing the `not' ?
After all, even without the obsolete stuff it deserves a capital, doesn't it?


        Stefan




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