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Warn when using obsolete command interactively

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 39274 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39274: Warn when using obsolete command interactively
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:22:52 +0100

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Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

>>> Please add a warning along these lines:
>>> 
>>> (message "The `%s' command is obsolete since version %s, use `%s' instead"
>>>          obsolete-name version current-name)
>>
>> Where and when will this warning be displayed?
>
> I was thinking of something along the lines of the below patch.

Sorry, that had a typo.  See attached instead.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[obsolete2.diff (text/x-diff, inline)]

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 8be27745b1..f1f0da1fed 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1914,6 +1914,12 @@ execute-extended-command
           (while-no-input
             (setq binding (execute-extended-command--shorter
                            (symbol-name function) typed))))
+        (when-let (obsolete (with-temp-buffer
+                              (when (help-fns--obsolete function)
+                                (buffer-string)
+                                (goto-char (point-max))
+                                (delete-indentation 2))))
+          (message obsolete))
         (when binding
           (with-temp-message
               (format-message "You can run the command `%s' with %s"

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