From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/49080 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [gnu.emacs.gnus] Re: [Gnus-FAQ] Draft 2 Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:38:50 +0100 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <843co1grky.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042317505 12505 80.91.224.249 (11 Jan 2003 20:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18XSOe-0003FZ-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:38:24 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 18XSPO-0000Kk-00; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:39:10 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:40:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (sclp3.sclp.com [66.230.238.2]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA26404 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:39:49 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 17942 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2003 20:38:50 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 17937 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2003 20:38:50 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (80.91.224.244) by 66.230.238.6 with SMTP; 11 Jan 2003 20:38:50 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18XSUY-0008R2-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:44:30 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1042317870 31618 80.91.231.2 (11 Jan 2003 20:44:30 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Jan 2003 20:44:30 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Multiplex's _Mixt_: "Always With You (Funckarma)" Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAElBMVEX9/ftIS5IsNImXjKgc I3Dh29sdnA7JAAAB60lEQVR4nI2US5ajMAxFXeF4HtlhXlZ7AdCCBWCcORTx/rfSkgyEyqg14uii pw8SpnzaRmrm/8yWD0dZqn80G5WlUOVEnsCPNKp6D2w98JsWHcJuiOiCPnXGNPDIU/U7BuKPGe7G fAW/rNPhl+A4bqkC6IZDiwOwXb0CnKBtpjMJhgZoB96bXl5Gtftfr+AHJ4LlhRm8VOvmJlCvwM3U d41f9maX1dOADG4cQe1lDD3RAzVH+DXMhhUTfjOIkWexvAHRkCSiyZmuYBWlGpGfV0CihDyrW8yh bOYDaFU5d+8AU8YXqtQNEz5P92KskWFq54h/ONWs4OtpbDoiGCzmNatc05rmBE6AtQpKsdsOfoLD UBgci6JAqgqI8bI2F+AwjleAew6OwFYSWA8CVgFdrQqfCnIW8MKAdexscwWTbOML8Q0myV4y8218 7FIKomwvf5bO0ph+gZFbZCD7q2DZAc7nyQxv4FSLTcHjkLo5KS/Ox41lPHIExyEZRb4lP5zgR7c8 BV822d6UTiAjiQnGVfyyIZfpYmZg+gpiTvHsg4EzHOIVsMC9lsvP0He2B+qHmHOO6fsAAehpqSc+ yBNIF1wUgOXzCJDVBIB0Icfd2vKAN2jAubRfOvt3INsO+3XvdgGBgAH/OepfoIJ/RyuNKjhmbCAA AAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.090011 (Oort Gnus v0.11) Emacs/21.2.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gOtVB7+31VjY92R4jiP+qRrefUQ= Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:49080 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:49080 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: > The problem of undefined variables happens often. Hm. Does it make > sense to put an autoload marker on the variable? Yes, I think so... I'm not 100% sure, though. > What criteria do Emacs developers use to decide whether to mark a > variable to autoload? I guess if it's usual to alter the variable before you load the package, then it should be autoloayded. I'm not sure why the user here isn't just setting the variable instead of using `add-to-list' and the like. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen