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, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.el b/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.el
index 1940234bc3b..968c33cb4de 100644
--- a/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.el
+++ b/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias.el
@@ -48,16 +48,18 @@
     (define-key map " " 'self-insert-command)
     map))
 
-(defvar mh-alias-system-aliases
+(defcustom mh-alias-system-aliases
   '("/etc/nmh/MailAliases" "/etc/mh/MailAliases"
     "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases" "/usr/share/mailutils/mh/MailAliases"
     "/etc/passwd")
-  "*A list of system files which are a source of aliases.
+  "A list of system files which are a source of aliases.
 If these files are modified, they are automatically reread. This list
 need include only system aliases and the passwd file, since personal
 alias files listed in your \"Aliasfile:\" MH profile component are
 automatically included. You can update the alias list manually using
-\\[mh-alias-reload].")
+\\[mh-alias-reload]."
+  :type '(repeat file)
+  :group 'mh-alias)