* Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-07-31 17:16]: > > > > the default value should *always* be documented. > > > What do you mean by "documented"? > > the manual to "muttrc" should show it. > OK, so what happens if two Mutt binaries use different default values?
"different things"? ;-) > > are there any options with different defaults > > according to configure options being used? > The default value of dotlock_program > depends on the configuration options. ah, ok, good example! > > if so then this should be documented, too. > > Yes, and my point was: for these options, the default value shouldn't > be written in the manual, because it may be incorrect. but it still does not help issuing different versions of the manual as getting the correct manual then both depends on $PATH and $MANPATH. and these usually do not fit well together, do they? so the solution is: extend the manual with more information! eg "Default: "/path/file" (unless specified by --some-option)" > The user should get the actual value with :set xxx=[TAB]. > And of course, this should be documented. Moreover, > if mutt -v could give a hint, this would be useful. absolutely! in the above case both "mutt -v|grep =" and ":set ?dotlock_program" should show its value. and I'd be happy to see some ordering in the version info: DOTLOCKPROG="/path/file" EXECSHELL="/bin/sh" ISPELL="/import/gnu/bin/ispell" MAILPATH="/var/mail" SENDMAIL="/var/qmail/bin/sendmail" PKGDATADIR="/import/local/share/mutt" SYSCONFDIR="/import/local/etc" whenever I see the options list I think it *should* be sorted: Compile options: -DOMAIN -DEBUG -HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK -DL_STANDALONE +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK +USE_POP +USE_IMAP -USE_GSS +USE_SSL -USE_SASL +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_START_COLOR +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD +HAVE_BKGDSET +HAVE_CURS_SET +HAVE_META +HAVE_RESIZETERM +HAVE_PGP +BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS +SUN_ATTACHMENT +ENABLE_NLS +LOCALES_HACK +HAVE_WC_FUNCS +HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET +HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR +HAVE_ICONV -ICONV_NONTRANS +HAVE_GETSID +HAVE_GETADDRINFO having to search through this list simply is unbearable. bah![tm] Sven
