(appt-issue-message): Mark as obsolete rather than deleting outright.

diff --git a/lisp/calendar/appt.el b/lisp/calendar/appt.el
index 825bd9364750f9716e858e671e8baa53d4486b82..8a92ef614ced398dfe5157e4ba830386fb22a563 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/calendar/appt.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/appt.el
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@
 (require 'calendar)
 
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defcustom appt-issue-message t
+  "*Non-nil means check for appointments in the diary buffer.
+To be detected, the diary entry must have the format described in the
+documentation of the function `appt-check'."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'appt)
+
+(make-obsolete-variable 'appt-issue-message
+                        "use the function `appt-activate', and the \
+variable `appt-display-format' instead." "21.4")
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defcustom appt-message-warning-time 12
   "*Time in minutes before an appointment that the warning begins."