GNU bug report logs - #68788
29.1; fancy-startup-text help string is inaccurate

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>

Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 68788-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
Cc: 68788-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68788: 29.1; fancy-startup-text help string is inaccurate
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:59:18 +0200

> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:42:14 +0000
> From: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
> 
> The help string should not mention what the variable is allowed to contain,
> the specification should be in one place only.

Thanks, fixed.

> BTW, I have the following question:
> 
> If fancy-startup-text is a list of lists, each of them containing a 
> separate line of text, why does it contain just one list?  I mean, it 
> works as is, I just find the value conceptually inconsistent with the model.

I have no idea.  Maybe someone wanted the data structure to be easily
extensible?  Maybe if you look at this code's history, you will find
the answer?

Closing.
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 170 days ago.

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