Re: Simplify code for tooltips in menus

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de> writes:

> I think we should do this.  Could you suggest a name and kick-start it
> (add to CVS, write something about its purpose [1])?
>
> What about the name-space (package prefix)?  Should the helper
> functions start with "gnus-"?  If not, it would be easier to find real
> dependencies packages or libraries that are supposed to be independent
> from Gnus, like `message.el', `mm-*.el', `mml-*.el', what-else?  But
> OTOH, a different name-space would need a lot of renaming in the Gnus
> code.

Let's see...  there's already a mm-util.el file, and a mail-utils.el
file...   How about nnutil.el?  Or how about just stuffing more of
these functions/macros into mm-util?  It looks like it only has
general utility functions and stuff, but quite a few compatibility
functions, too.  Which might or might not be a plus.

> Is there a reason why there are no ";;;###autoload" statements in
> `gnus-util.el'?  Wouldn't it be useful for the new proposed file?

Well, everything requires gnus-util.el, so there's really not much
point.  autoloads are mostly useful for functions from files that you
don't require.

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen