From: Chong Yidong Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 19:05:36 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Remove antediluvian filename limit recommendation from tips.texi (Bug#8538). X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-24.0.90~104^2~618^2~118 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b5681bf6ba37a9a8e8098229736872d11d55f87;p=emacs.git Remove antediluvian filename limit recommendation from tips.texi (Bug#8538). * doc/lispref/tips.texi (Coding Conventions): Remove antediluvian filename limit recommendation. --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 90818486e21..f6417de7ad9 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-05-28 Chong Yidong + + * tips.texi (Coding Conventions): Remove antediluvian filename + limit recommendation (Bug#8538). + 2011-05-27 Glenn Morris * modes.texi (Auto Major Mode): Update for set-auto-mode changes. diff --git a/doc/lispref/tips.texi b/doc/lispref/tips.texi index 37fbe7eb2b4..e2bbcc11e6e 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/tips.texi @@ -203,12 +203,6 @@ defined as the first argument. That will help various tools find the definition automatically. Avoid constructing the names in the macro itself, since that would confuse these tools. -@item -Please keep the names of your Emacs Lisp source files to 13 characters -or less. This way, if the files are compiled, the compiled files' names -will be 14 characters or less, which is short enough to fit on all kinds -of Unix systems. - @item In some other systems there is a convention of choosing variable names that begin and end with @samp{*}. We don't use that convention in Emacs