GNU bug report logs - #20702
25.0.50; (elisp) `ImageMagick Images': say how to tell if Emacs has IM support, etc.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 15:09:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20702: 25.0.50; (elisp) `ImageMagick Images': say how to tell if Emacs has IM	support, etc.
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 21:35:36 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 20702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 14:06:50 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >      C-h v system-configuration-features RET
> >
> > are better ways of getting at that information.  The latter should IMO
> > be documented in both manuals.
> 
> As NEWS says, s-c-f is mainly (entirely) intended for Emacs bug reports.
> I don't think that checking for elements in there is the right way to
> see if Emacs supports a given feature. That's why it is intentionally
> not mentioned in the manuals.

I cannot see any sense in this decision.  The value of the variable is
very clear to a human reader, so I don't understand why we should hold
it secret.
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