# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1176658080 0 # Node ID 8a6e5c01dde1f176542dce239ee00e4b8be06a17 # Parent f09bdfba7008cecdaadabf76dbea61606afff6e4 (footnote-style): Clarify docstring to state that customizing this only applies to future footnotes. diff -r f09bdfba7008 -r 8a6e5c01dde1 lisp/mail/footnote.el --- a/lisp/mail/footnote.el Sun Apr 15 17:27:47 2007 +0000 +++ b/lisp/mail/footnote.el Sun Apr 15 17:28:00 2007 +0000 @@ -294,14 +294,18 @@ exciting styles.") (defcustom footnote-style 'numeric - "*Style used for footnoting. + "*Default style used for footnoting. numeric == 1, 2, 3, ... english-lower == a, b, c, ... english-upper == A, B, C, ... roman-lower == i, ii, iii, iv, v, ... roman-upper == I, II, III, IV, V, ... latin == ¹ ² ³ º ª § ¶ -See also variables `footnote-start-tag' and `footnote-end-tag'." +See also variables `footnote-start-tag' and `footnote-end-tag'. + +Customizing this variable has no effect on buffers already +displaying footnotes. You can change the style of existing +buffers using the command `Footnote-set-style'." :type (cons 'choice (mapcar (lambda (x) (list 'const (car x))) footnote-style-alist)) :group 'footnote)