Remove * characters from the front of variable docstrings.
Remove unnecessary use of minibuffer-completing-file-name.
* lisp/ffap.el: Remove old code for obsolete package.
(ffap-complete-as-file-p): Remove.
* lisp/mh-e/mh-utils.el (minibuffer-completing-file-name): Don't declare.
Convert more defvars to defcustoms.

* dos-w32.el (file-name-buffer-file-type-alist)
(direct-print-region-use-command-dot-com):
* ffap.el (ffap-menu-regexp):
* follow.el (follow-debug):
* forms.el (forms--debug):
* iswitchb.el (iswitchb-all-frames):
* ido.el (ido-all-frames):
* mail/feedmail.el (feedmail-mail-send-hook)
(feedmail-mail-send-hook-queued):
* mail/footnote.el (footnote-signature-separator):
* mail/mailabbrev.el (mail-alias-separator-string)
(mail-abbrev-mode-regexp):
* mail/rmail.el (rmail-speedbar-match-folder-regexp):
* progmodes/idlwave.el (idlwave-libinfo-file)
(idlwave-default-completion-case-is-down)
(idlwave-library-routines): Convert defvars to defcustoms.

* mail/rmail.el (rmail-decode-mime-charset):
* progmodes/idlw-shell.el (idlwave-shell-print-expression-function)
(idlwave-shell-fix-inserted-breaks)
(idlwave-shell-activate-alt-keybindings)
(idlwave-shell-use-breakpoint-glyph):
* facemenu.el (facemenu-unlisted-faces): Delete obsolete vars.

* doc/lispref/os.texi (Timers): Use defopt for timer-max-repeats.
Cleanups and improvements for FFAP and URL.

* ffap.el (ffap-url-unwrap-local): Make it work right.
Use url-generic-parse-url, and handle host names and Windows
filenames properly.
(ffap-url-unwrap-remote): Use url-generic-parse-url.
(ffap-url-unwrap-remote): Accept list values, specifying a list of
URL schemes to work on.
(ffap--toggle-read-only): New function.
(ffap-read-only, ffap-read-only-other-window)
(ffap-read-only-other-frame): Use it.
(ffap-fixup-url): Don't check ffap-ftp-regexp, since it is not
necessary for ffap-url-unwrap-remote.

* url-parse.el (url-path-and-query, url-port-if-non-default): New
functions.
(url-generic-parse-url): Don't set the portspec slot if it is not
specified; that is what `url-port' is for.
(url-port): Only require the scheme to be specified to call
url-scheme-get-property.

* url-util.el (url-encode-url): Use url-path-and-query.

* url-vars.el (url-mime-charset-string): Load mm-util lazily.
Don't warn on toggle-read-only calls.

Clarify the documentation of toggle-read-only, and audit the code tree
for uses of toggle-read-only; where appropriate, switch to setting the
variable buffer-read-only or calling toggle-read-only with a (new)
second arg.

* lisp/files.el (toggle-read-only): Doc fix and code cleanup.  New arg
to allow printing the message when called from Lisp.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-interactive-only-functions):
Remove toggle-read-only.

* lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-toggle-read-only):
* lisp/dired.el (dired-toggle-read-only):
* lisp/ibuffer.el (ibuffer-do-toggle-read-only): Call toggle-read-only
with non-nil second arg.

* lisp/bs.el (bs-toggle-readonly):
* lisp/buff-menu.el (Buffer-menu-toggle-read-only): Remove
with-no-warnings around toggle-read-only.

* lisp/ffap.el (ffap--toggle-read-only): Accept a list of buffers.
Remove with-no-warnings around toggle-read-only.
(ffap-read-only, ffap-read-only-other-window)
(ffap-read-only-other-frame): Callers changed.

* lisp/help-mode.el: Don't require view package.
(help-mode-finish): Set buffer-read-only instead of calling
toggle-read-only.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-custom.el (eieio-customize-object):
* lisp/vc/ediff.el (ediff-set-read-only-in-buf-A): Set buffer-read-only
directly.

* lisp/gnus/smime.el (smime-certificate-info): Set buffer-read-only directly,
instead of calling toggle-read-only with a (bogus) argument.

* doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Misc Buffer): Document view-read-only.

* doc/lispref/buffers.texi (Read Only Buffers): Document toggle-read-only
changes.  Reword to account for the fact that read-only is currently not
supported in overlay properties.
Replace version 24.2 with 24.3 where appropriate (hopefully)
* lisp/files.el (read-only-mode): New minor mode.
(toggle-read-only): Use it and mark obsolete.
(find-file--read-only):
* lisp/vc/vc.el (vc-next-action, vc-checkout):
* lisp/vc/vc-cvs.el (vc-cvs-checkout):
* lisp/obsolete/vc-mcvs.el (vc-mcvs-update):
* lisp/ffap.el (ffap--toggle-read-only): Update callers.
Update docstrings and comments to use "init file" terminology.

* bookmark.el (bookmark-bmenu-toggle-filenames): Doc fixes.
* comint.el (comint-prompt-read-only):
* custom.el (defcustom):
* hi-lock.el (hi-lock-mode):
* ibuffer.el (ibuffer-formats):
* ielm.el (ielm-prompt-read-only):
* novice.el (disable-command):
* saveplace.el (toggle-save-place):
* speedbar.el (speedbar-supported-extension-expressions):
* startup.el (auto-save-list-file-prefix, init-file-user)
(after-init-hook, inhibit-startup-echo-area-message):
* strokes.el (strokes-help):
* time-stamp.el (time-stamp):
* calendar/calendar.el (calendar, diary-file):
* calendar/diary-lib.el (diary-mail-entries, diary)
(diary-list-entries-hook):
* calendar/holidays.el (holidays, calendar-holidays):
* calendar/lunar.el (lunar-phases):
* calendar/solar.el (sunrise-sunset):
* emulation/edt.el (edt-load-keys):
* emulation/viper.el (viper-mode):
* eshell/em-alias.el (eshell-command-aliases-list):
* eshell/esh-util.el (eshell-convert-numeric-arguments):
* international/ogonek.el (ogonek-information):
* net/tramp-cmds.el (tramp-bug):
* net/quickurl.el (quickurl-reread-hook-postfix):
* play/decipher.el (decipher-font-lock-keywords):
* progmodes/cc-styles.el (c-set-style):
* progmodes/idlw-shell.el (idlwave-shell-prompt-pattern):
* progmodes/inf-lisp.el (inferior-lisp-prompt):
* progmodes/octave-mod.el (octave-mode):
* progmodes/sql.el (sql-mode, sql-interactive-mode, sql-password):
* progmodes/verilog-mode.el (verilog-read-defines):
* textmodes/two-column.el (2C-mode): Likewise.
* ffap.el (ffap-replace-file-component): Support Tramp file name
syntax, not only ange-ftp's one.
* ffap.el (ffap-replace-file-component): Fix typo.
Update copyright notices for 2013.