Make tcl-auto-fill-mode obsolete (Bug#10772)

* lisp/progmodes/tcl.el (tcl-auto-fill-mode): Declare obsolete.
* etc/NEWS: Announce it.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5456c1b60495672abe5c4ac291980c7b42a853f0..5e10ca9cb622fb4c82e9141e917a1c71e632c357 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1359,6 +1359,11 @@ window's body.
 *** The semantics of 'mouse-autoselect-window' has changed slightly.
 For details see the section "Mouse Window Auto-selection" in the Elisp
 manual.
+
+---
+** 'tcl-auto-fill-mode' is now declared obsolete.  It's functionality
+can be replicated simply by setting 'comment-auto-fill-only-comments'.
+
 \f
 * Changes in Emacs 26.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems
 

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/tcl.el b/lisp/progmodes/tcl.el
index 902a5aace0897ab1cee6a773015bd4b510567fdc..de0cd50911ac26fdf39fe385edb568731c9cd6cc 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/tcl.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/tcl.el
@@ -353,8 +353,6 @@ information):
     Quotes all \"#\" characters that don't correspond to actual
     Tcl comments.  (Useful when editing code not originally created
     with this mode).
-  `tcl-auto-fill-mode'
-    Auto-filling of Tcl comments.
 
 Add functions to the hook with `add-hook':
 
@@ -1413,6 +1411,9 @@ Prefix argument means switch to the Tcl buffer afterwards."
 
 (defun tcl-auto-fill-mode (&optional arg)
   "Like `auto-fill-mode', but sets `comment-auto-fill-only-comments'."
+  (declare
+   (obsolete
+    "Use `auto-fill-mode' with `comment-auto-fill-only-comments'." "26.1"))
   (interactive "P")
   (auto-fill-mode arg)
   (if auto-fill-function