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diff lisp/url/url-vars.el @ 110307:5495085c9b6c
lisp/url tiny fixes.
* url-cache.el, url-gw.el, url-history.el, url-irc.el, url-util.el:
* url-vars.el: Remove leading `*' from defcustom docs.
author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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date | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:58:42 -0700 |
parents | 6c39bda25895 |
children | 1640f0854ab8 |
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--- a/lisp/url/url-vars.el Sat Sep 11 00:36:27 2010 +0000 +++ b/lisp/url/url-vars.el Fri Sep 10 18:58:42 2010 -0700 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ;;; url-vars.el --- Variables for Uniform Resource Locator tool -;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, -;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, +;; 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Keywords: comm, data, processes, hypermedia @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ )) (defcustom url-honor-refresh-requests t - "*Whether to do automatic page reloads. + "Whether to do automatic page reloads. These are done at the request of the document author or the server via the `Refresh' header in an HTTP response. If nil, no refresh requests will be honored. If t, all refresh requests will be honored. @@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ :group 'url-hairy) (defcustom url-automatic-caching nil - "*If non-nil, all documents will be automatically cached to the local disk." + "If non-nil, all documents will be automatically cached to the local disk." :type 'boolean :group 'url-cache) ;; Fixme: sanitize this. (defcustom url-cache-expired (lambda (t1 t2) (>= (- (car t2) (car t1)) 5)) - "*A function determining if a cached item has expired. + "A function determining if a cached item has expired. It takes two times (numbers) as its arguments, and returns non-nil if the second time is 'too old' when compared to the first time." :type 'function @@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ "Where to send bug reports.") (defcustom url-personal-mail-address nil - "*Your full email address. + "Your full email address. This is what is sent to HTTP servers as the FROM field in an HTTP request." :type '(choice (const :tag "Unspecified" nil) string) :group 'url) (defcustom url-directory-index-file "index.html" - "*The filename to look for when indexing a directory. + "The filename to look for when indexing a directory. If this file exists, and is readable, then it will be viewed instead of using `dired' to view the directory." :type 'string @@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ (".hqx" . "x-hqx") (".Z" . "x-compress") (".bz2" . "x-bzip2")) - "*An alist of file extensions and appropriate content-transfer-encodings." + "An alist of file extensions and appropriate content-transfer-encodings." :type '(repeat (cons :format "%v" (string :tag "Extension") (string :tag "Encoding"))) :group 'url-mime) (defcustom url-mail-command 'compose-mail - "*This function will be called whenever URL needs to send mail. + "This function will be called whenever URL needs to send mail. It should enter a mail-mode-like buffer in the current window. The commands `mail-to' and `mail-subject' should still work in this buffer, and it should use `mail-header-separator' if possible." @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ :group 'url) (defcustom url-proxy-services nil - "*An alist of schemes and proxy servers that gateway them. + "An alist of schemes and proxy servers that gateway them. Looks like ((\"http\" . \"hostname:portnumber\") ...). This is set up from the ACCESS_proxy environment variables." :type '(repeat (cons :format "%v" @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ :group 'url) (defcustom url-standalone-mode nil - "*Rely solely on the cache?" + "Rely solely on the cache?" :type 'boolean :group 'url-cache) @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ (defcustom url-bad-port-list '("25" "119" "19") - "*List of ports to warn the user about connecting to. + "List of ports to warn the user about connecting to. Defaults to just the mail, chargen, and NNTP ports so you cannot be tricked into sending fake mail or forging messages by a malicious HTML document." @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ ;; Fixme: set from the locale. (defcustom url-mime-language-string nil - "*String to send in the Accept-language: field in HTTP requests. + "String to send in the Accept-language: field in HTTP requests. Specifies the preferred language when servers can serve documents in several languages. Use RFC 1766 abbreviations, e.g.: `en' for @@ -284,20 +284,20 @@ "What OS we are on.") (defcustom url-max-password-attempts 5 - "*Maximum number of times a password will be prompted for. + "Maximum number of times a password will be prompted for. Applies when a protected document is denied by the server." :type 'integer :group 'url) (defcustom url-temporary-directory (or (getenv "TMPDIR") "/tmp") - "*Where temporary files go." + "Where temporary files go." :type 'directory :group 'url-file) (make-obsolete-variable 'url-temporary-directory 'temporary-file-directory "23.1") (defcustom url-show-status t - "*Whether to show a running total of bytes transferred. + "Whether to show a running total of bytes transferred. Can cause a large hit if using a remote X display over a slow link, or a terminal with a slow modem." :type 'boolean @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ http://www.example.com/") (defcustom url-news-server nil - "*The default news server from which to get newsgroups/articles. + "The default news server from which to get newsgroups/articles. Applies if no server is specified in the URL. Defaults to the environment variable NNTPSERVER or \"news\" if NNTPSERVER is undefined." @@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ "A regular expression that will match an absolute URL.") (defcustom url-max-redirections 30 - "*The maximum number of redirection requests to honor in a HTTP connection. + "The maximum number of redirection requests to honor in a HTTP connection. A negative number means to honor an unlimited number of redirection requests." :type 'integer :group 'url) (defcustom url-confirmation-func 'y-or-n-p - "*What function to use for asking yes or no functions. + "What function to use for asking yes or no functions. Possible values are `yes-or-no-p' or `y-or-n-p', or any function that takes a single argument (the prompt), and returns t only if a positive answer is given." @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ :group 'url-hairy) (defcustom url-gateway-method 'native - "*The type of gateway support to use. + "The type of gateway support to use. Should be a symbol specifying how to get a connection from the local machine. Currently supported methods: