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The Emacs Lisp manual at https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Simple-Packages.html#Simple-Packages gives an example of a package library headers. This example includes a URL line. Later, the reader is directed to https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Library-Headers.html#Library-Headers for more information about the available headers. This second page makes no mention of the URL line, and instead describes a Homepage line.
Surveying the Emacs source code, it turns out that both URL and Homepage are used, although Homepage is more popular.
Should one of URL and Homepage be preferred to the other? Are they aliases? Is one of these a typo?
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By inspection of the code (lm-homepage), these forms are entirely equivalent.
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* doc/lispref/tips.texi:
URL is an alias for Homepage.
---
doc/lispref/tips.texi | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/tips.texi b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
index 0695d9b7b1..daf9f5442a 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -1045,6 +1045,9 @@ rather than just the relevant Finder keywords.
@item Homepage
This line states the homepage of the library.
+@item URL
+This is an alias for @samp{Homepage}.
+
@item Package-Version
If @samp{Version} is not suitable for use by the package manager, then
a package can define @samp{Package-Version}; it will be used instead.
--
2.14.3
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> * doc/lispref/tips.texi:
> URL is an alias for Homepage.
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Subject: URL vs Homepage in package headers
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The Emacs Lisp manual at https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Simple-Packages.html#Simple-Packages gives an example of a package library headers. This example includes a URL line. Later, the reader is directed to https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Library-Headers.html#Library-Headers for more information about the available headers. This second page makes no mention of the URL line, and instead describes a Homepage line.
Surveying the Emacs source code, it turns out that both URL and Homepage are used, although Homepage is more popular.
Should one of URL and Homepage be preferred to the other? Are they aliases? Is one of these a typo?
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