From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7087: 24.0.50; cannot customize default-frame-alist - it says value is nil but it is not Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:06:58 +0200 Message-ID: <4C9B42E2.4040404@gmx.at> References: <5567061AAE0C434CA177126DEC0D1B02@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285243879 7287 80.91.229.12 (23 Sep 2010 12:11:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7087@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 23 14:11:16 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oykdv-0000Rh-AF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:11:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55417 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oykdu-0006hz-Iv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:11:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56477 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oykdj-0006fG-Kr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oykdi-0004kv-9u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oykdi-0004kk-4n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:11:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OykXt-00038c-Nj; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:05:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7087 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7087-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7087.128524346712052 (code B ref 7087); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7087) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Sep 2010 12:04:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OykXL-00038L-NC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:04:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23] helo=mail.gmx.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OykXJ-00038F-5M for 7087@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:04:26 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Sep 2010 12:07:00 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-38-107.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.38.107]) [62.47.38.107] by mail.gmx.net (mp067) with SMTP; 23 Sep 2010 14:07:00 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX189P1hNE+M9fwJn9bc8mWdt8lio7NFUbJx8DAyIux IdzrB3pHTodnvH User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <5567061AAE0C434CA177126DEC0D1B02@us.oracle.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:05:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:40379 Archived-At: > In this Emacs 24 build, M-x customize-option default-frame-alist gives a > Customize buffer that shows the value of the option as nil and says > "this option has been changed outside the customize buffer. (mismatch)". > However, C-h v default-frame-alist shows it has a non-nil value: > > ((foreground-color . "Black") ... > (icon-type) > nil ^^^ `default-frame-alist' has the customization type (repeat (cons :format "%v" (symbol :tag "Parameter") (sexp :tag "Value")))) so obviously this "nil" here will cause a mismatch. > (left-fringe . 0) > (right-fringe . 0) > (fringe . 0)) > > Clearly there is a mismatch, not between the value and what the option > spec should be, but between what Customize thinks the value is and what > the value is in fact. And even if the option value were nil, I don't > think that would signify a mismatch. Something is very wrong here. Indeed. You just have to find the culprit ;-) martin