Adding :link '(custom-manual ...) in defcustom (was: CVS update of gnus/lisp (ChangeLog message.el))

[Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de>]

On Fri, Nov 28 2003, Jesper Harder wrote:

> "Reiner Steib" <reiner.steib@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Modified: ChangeLog message.el
>>
>> Added custom-manual links to all variables that have
>> an index entry in the message manual.
>
> I'm not sure that this is really a good idea.
>
> It's probably nice when you use `customize-option', but it makes
> `customize-group' awfully cluttered with a lot of identical and
> redundant links.

`M-x customize-group RET gnus-article-treat RET' ;-)

I'm now aware of a policy when to add them and when not.  Any
pointers? [1] And I couldn't see any usage pattern.  I thought that
they were just missing, because the programmer forgot to add them in
the first place.

I don't have any problem with reverting my patch.  But I don't
understand the purpose of the ":link" entry then.

Bye, Reiner.

[1] (info "(elisp)Variable Definitions") doesn't mention :link at all.
    `C-h f defcustom RET' neither.
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