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authorJaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xs4all.nl>2011-01-26 21:20:09 +0000
committerJaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xs4all.nl>2011-01-26 21:20:09 +0000
commita3611f713e7a653285a7df9bfda39b4243c419c2 (patch)
treec67feae4d09dd9a7d617fb155d4ec5c2051ceab1 /doc/README.developer
parentc69fe6a4b9bcf5c30b9801fc120beb826533f6b8 (diff)
Sharpen the description of preference names.
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@@ -3595,7 +3595,9 @@ Where: module - Returned by the prefs_register_protocol routine
"." between them, to construct a name that identifies
the field in the preference file; the name itself
should not include the protocol name, as the name in
- the preference file will already have it
+ the preference file will already have it. Make sure that
+ only lower-case ASCII letters, numbers, underscores and
+ dots appear in the preference name.
title - Field title in the preferences dialog
description - Comments added to the preference file above the
preference value and shown as tooltip in the GUI, or NULL