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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2017-02-12 17:53:13 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2017-02-12 17:53:13 -0800
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Doc fixes related to mail-host-address
* lisp/startup.el (mail-host-address): Doc fix. * doc/lispref/os.texi (System Environment): Remove extraneous details of mail-host-address.
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/os.texi4
-rw-r--r--lisp/startup.el5
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
index 553bb4a0068..178822b311e 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
@@ -940,9 +940,7 @@ string.
If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it is used instead of
@code{system-name} for purposes of generating email addresses. For
example, it is used when constructing the default value of
-@code{user-mail-address}. @xref{User Identification}. (Since this is
-done when Emacs starts up, the value actually used is the one saved when
-Emacs was dumped. @xref{Building Emacs}.)
+@code{user-mail-address}. @xref{User Identification}.
@c FIXME sounds like should probably give this a :set-after and some
@c custom-initialize-delay voodoo.
@end defopt
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 91e7e36dd65..4272708ce9a 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -376,9 +376,8 @@ this variable usefully is to set it while building and dumping Emacs."
(make-obsolete-variable 'system-name "use (system-name) instead" "25.1")
(defcustom mail-host-address nil
- "Name of this machine, for purposes of naming users.
-If non-nil, Emacs uses this instead of `system-name' when constructing
-email addresses."
+ "The name of this machine, for use in constructing email addresses.
+If this is nil, Emacs uses `system-name'."
:type '(choice (const nil) string)
:group 'mail)