From 04cc65dcaea6358afde239258483f511087bca92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:28:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (footnote-style): Clarify docstring to state that customizing this only applies to future footnotes. --- lisp/mail/footnote.el | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/mail/footnote.el b/lisp/mail/footnote.el index 9e3a375c50d..7992438df25 100644 --- a/lisp/mail/footnote.el +++ b/lisp/mail/footnote.el @@ -294,14 +294,18 @@ See footnote-han.el, footnote-greek.el and footnote-hebrew.el for more 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)