Leading "*" in the doc of defvars is long obsolete.

* lisp/plstore.el (plstore-encrypt-to):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.el
(semantic-lex-spp-macro-max-length-to-save):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/symref.el (semantic-symref-tool):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/bovine/el.el
(semantic-elisp-store-documentation-in-tag):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent/comp.el (wisent-verbose-flag)
(wisent-expected-conflicts):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent/wisent.el (wisent-parse-verbose-flag):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el (gnus-category-menu-hook):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-group.el (gnus-group-listing-limit):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-srvr.el (gnus-server-menu-hook)
(gnus-browse-menu-hook):
* lisp/gnus/message.el (message-shoot-gnksa-feet):
* lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el (mm-path-name-rewrite-functions):
* lisp/gnus/mm-util.el (mm-extra-numeric-entities):
* lisp/gnus/mm-view.el (mm-w3m-standalone-supports-m17n-p):
* lisp/gnus/mml.el (mml-generate-multipart-alist):
* lisp/gnus/nndraft.el (nndraft-required-headers):
* lisp/gnus/nnheader.el (nnheader-max-head-length)
(nnheader-head-chop-length, nnheader-file-name-translation-alist)
(nnheader-directory-separator-character)
(nnheader-pathname-coding-system):
* lisp/gnus/nnmail.el (nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
(nnmail-active-file-coding-system):
* lisp/gnus/nnrss.el (nnrss-file-coding-system):
* lisp/gnus/nntp.el (nntp-record-commands):
* lisp/gnus/score-mode.el (gnus-score-edit-done-hook)
(gnus-score-mode-hook, gnus-score-menu-hook):
* lisp/mail/rfc2047.el (rfc2047-header-encoding-alist)
(rfc2047-allow-irregular-q-encoded-words)
(rfc2047-allow-incomplete-encoded-text):
* lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.el (mh-alias-system-aliases):
* lisp/mh-e/mh-e.el (mh-mail-header-separator, mh-x-mailer-string):
* lisp/mh-e/mh-scan.el (mh-scan-format-mh, mh-scan-format-nmh):
* lisp/net/pop3.el (pop3-password):
* lisp/play/animate.el (animate-n-steps):
* lisp/progmodes/cc-vars.el (c-old-style-variable-behavior):
Convert from defvar with leading * to defcustom.

; * lisp/cedet/semantic/lex.el: Comments.

* lisp/emulation/viper-init.el (viper-heading-end):
* lisp/gnus/mm-url.el (mm-url-html-entities):
* lisp/gnus/nnmaildir.el (nnmaildir-article-file-name):
* lisp/mh-e/mh-e.el (mh-invisible-header-fields-compiled):
* lisp/net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-method): Remove leading * from doc.

* lisp/gnus/messcompat.el: Mark (pointless) file not for compilation.
(message-from-style, message-interactive, message-indentation-spaces)
(message-signature, message-signature-file):
Remove settings that match the defaults.
(message-setup-hook, message-mode-hook, message-default-headers)
(message-send-hook, message-send-mail-function):
Just use setq rather than redefining.

* lisp/gnus/nnrss.el (nnrss):
* lisp/mail/rfc2047.el (rfc2047):
* lisp/play/animate.el (animate): New custom groups.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/messcompat.el b/lisp/gnus/messcompat.el
index 6eadf2aab23..2b658bc73d5 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/messcompat.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/messcompat.el
@@ -34,58 +34,21 @@
 
 (require 'sendmail)
 
-(defvar message-from-style mail-from-style
-  "*Specifies how \"From\" headers look.
-
-If nil, they contain just the return address like:
-	king@grassland.com
-If `parens', they look like:
-	king@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)
-If `angles', they look like:
-	Elvis Parsley <king@grassland.com>
-
-Otherwise, most addresses look like `angles', but they look like
-`parens' if `angles' would need quoting and `parens' would not.")
-
-(defvar message-interactive mail-interactive
-  "Non-nil means when sending a message wait for and display errors.
-nil means let mailer mail back a message to report errors.")
-
-(defvar message-setup-hook mail-setup-hook
-  "Normal hook, run each time a new outgoing message is initialized.
-The function `message-setup' runs this hook.")
-
-(if (boundp 'mail-mode-hook)
-    (defvar message-mode-hook mail-mode-hook
-      "Hook run in message mode buffers."))
-
-(defvar message-indentation-spaces mail-indentation-spaces
-  "*Number of spaces to insert at the beginning of each cited line.
-Used by `message-yank-original' via `message-yank-cite'.")
-
-(defvar message-signature mail-signature
-  "*String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer.
-If t, the `message-signature-file' file will be inserted instead.
-If a function, the result from the function will be used instead.
-If a form, the result from the form will be used instead.")
-
-;; Deleted the autoload cookie because this crashes in loaddefs.el.
-(defvar message-signature-file mail-signature-file
-  "*File containing the text inserted at end of the message buffer.")
-
-(defvar message-default-headers mail-default-headers
-  "*A string containing header lines to be inserted in outgoing messages.
-It is inserted before you edit the message, so you can edit or delete
-these lines.")
-
-(defvar message-send-hook mail-send-hook
-  "Hook run before sending messages.")
-
-(defvar message-send-mail-function send-mail-function
-  "Function to call to send the current buffer as mail.
-The headers should be delimited by a line whose contents match the
-variable `mail-header-separator'.")
+;(setq message-from-style mail-from-style)
+;(setq message-interactive mail-interactive)
+(setq message-setup-hook mail-setup-hook)
+(setq message-mode-hook mail-mode-hook)
+;(setq message-indentation-spaces mail-indentation-spaces)
+;(setq message-signature mail-signature)
+;(setq message-signature-file mail-signature-file)
+(setq message-default-headers mail-default-headers)
+(setq message-send-hook mail-send-hook)
+(setq message-send-mail-function send-mail-function)
 
 (provide 'messcompat)
 
 ;;; messcompat.el ends here
+
+;; Local Variables:
+;; no-byte-compile: t
+;; End: