GNU bug report logs - #23372
25.0.93; `text-quoting-style' missing from manual and from customize

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Message #18 received at 23372-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 23372-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23372: 25.0.93;
 text-quoting-style missing from manual and from customize
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:30:06 +0300

> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:41:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 23372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It _should_ be a user option.  You've radically changed the
> default behavior of Emacs.  Give individual users a simple
> way to undo your choice.  This is at least as important as
> letting a user change the default appearance of a face.

I don't think we know enough about the impact of this feature to make
that decision at this time.  We will have to see how it is accepted by
the users out there first.  It could be deemed by the majority as the
best invention since sliced bread.  Having a variable to disable it is
a good fire escape for now.

> And yes, it should be prominently documented.

It is, just not in the user manual.

Closing.

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