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26.3; doc string of `dired-mode' wrt "Customization variables"

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.3; doc string of `dired-mode' wrt "Customization variables"
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 17:19:12 +0000

Just noticed that vanilla `dired-mode' says this:

 Customization variables (rename this buffer and type C-h v on each line
 for more info):

   `dired-listing-switches'
   `dired-trivial-filenames'
   `dired-marker-char'
   `dired-del-marker'
   `dired-keep-marker-rename'
   `dired-keep-marker-copy'
   `dired-keep-marker-hardlink'
   `dired-keep-marker-symlink'

These two variables are NOT user options, which is usually what Emacs
means nowadays when speaking of "customization variables":
`dired-marker-char' and `dired-del-marker'.  That characterization here
is a bit misleading.

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''

Message #8 received at 46239 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 46239 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46239: 26.3; doc string of `dired-mode' wrt "Customization
 variables"
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:11:14 +0100

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Just noticed that vanilla `dired-mode' says this:
>
>  Customization variables (rename this buffer and type C-h v on each line
>  for more info):
>
>    `dired-listing-switches'
>    `dired-trivial-filenames'
>    `dired-marker-char'
>    `dired-del-marker'
>    `dired-keep-marker-rename'
>    `dired-keep-marker-copy'
>    `dired-keep-marker-hardlink'
>    `dired-keep-marker-symlink'

I've now removed the list and referred to the `dired' customisation
group instead in Emacs 28.

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