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24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS |
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Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:49:07 -0800 |
In Emacs 22, the doc string of `directory-abbrev-alist' says this:
"*Every* FROM string should start with `^'."
Now it says this:
*Every* FROM string should start with "\\`".
That means that *Every* existing customization is broken (or at least
contradicts the "should"). This incompatible change should be
mentioned in the NEWS.
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2010-12-20 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
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Re: bug#7777: 24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS |
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Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:01:34 +0200 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:12:33 -0800
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> > How about if we change the doc string to not sound like a stringent
> > requirement, but rather as a "note"?
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> That would be an improvement, thanks (the manual, likewise).
I fixed it on the emacs-23 branch (revision 100362).
> It would also help to explain why. Explaining why helps avoid any
> misunderstanding wrt the older "rule", and it helps understand the new "note".
I added a short explanation.
> The other part of this bug is the location of the manual entry: Why the Elisp
> manual? This is a user option. If we feel it is important to tell users
> about
> this in a manual, why wouldn't the Emacs manual be the right one?
Its description in the ELisp manual is due to the fact that the same
node describes the abbreviate-file-name function, which uses this
variable. As for repeating the description in the user manual, I'm
not sure this variable is important enough. So I left this part out
of the bugfix.
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