GNU bug report logs - #25431
26.0.50; Unhelpful message in help screen for `version-control' variable

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.0.50;
 Unhelpful message in help screen for `version-control' variable
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:16:10 +0100

C-h v version-control RET

The help screen will show

  This variable is safe as a file local variable if its value
  satisfies the predicate which is a byte-compiled expression.

This is not very user-friendly; I suppose all safe-local-variable
predicates should be named functions instead of lambdas to improve the
help screen.


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 of 2017-01-12 built on localhost
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Message #10 received at 25431-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 25431-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25431: 26.0.50; Unhelpful message in help screen for
 `version-control' variable
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 12:07:09 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Do., 12. Jan. 2017 um
21:18 Uhr:

>
> C-h v version-control RET
>
> The help screen will show
>
>   This variable is safe as a file local variable if its value
>   satisfies the predicate which is a byte-compiled expression.
>
> This is not very user-friendly; I suppose all safe-local-variable
> predicates should be named functions instead of lambdas to improve the
> help screen.
>
>
Fixed on master with commit 1531c3c9f2.

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