GNU bug report logs - #72521
[PATCH]: lisp/help-macro.el: remove hard-coded variable-pitch-mode

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Message #25 received at 72521-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Paul W. Rankin" <rnkn <at> rnkn.xyz>
Cc: 72521-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72521: [PATCH]: lisp/help-macro.el: remove hard-coded
 variable-pitch-mode
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:34:00 +0300

> From: "Paul W. Rankin" <rnkn <at> rnkn.xyz>
> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 19:57:18 +1000
> Cc: 72521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > On 8 Aug 2024, at 19:45, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Looks good, but I wonder whether a simple boolean user option would be
> > better, and also easier to customize.  After all this is not a mode,
> > so people will not expect it to have a hook.  Also, if someone doesn't
> > want variable-pitch-mode, I doubt they will want some other mode
> > instead, so the hook will most of the time be or the default or nil.
> > 
> > WDYT?
> 
> Agreed. I’ve added `help-for-help-use-variable-pitch’ boolean option. 
> Although it’s a mouthful, I think this name is most discoverable since 
> C-h C-k C-h C-h returns `help-for-help’, and there’s variable 
> `help-for-help-buffer-name’.

Thanks, installed on the emacs-30 release branch, and closing the bug.

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