From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really? Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:03:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83fsufo8ff.fsf@gnu.org> References: <97d3ff2c-9e72-4004-88a9-08130ac99a74@default> <838s0fpixr.fsf@gnu.org> <83k0jtr45c.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6434"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 21695@debbugs.gnu.org, hmelman@gmail.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 08 09:08:54 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrhV-0001WQ-8R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:08:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49720 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrhU-0003pJ-0w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:08:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58866) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrco-0008Cc-9X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46832) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrcn-0003F8-Uy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrcn-0004aD-QX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:04:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 07:04:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21695 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 21695-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21695.163108463817605 (code B ref 21695); Wed, 08 Sep 2021 07:04:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21695) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Sep 2021 07:03:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58378 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrck-0004Zr-3y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:03:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42688) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrcb-0004ZI-Oo for 21695@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53176) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrcW-00031m-Jd; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:03:44 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1627 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNrcO-0003BB-QU; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:03:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:23:49 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213782 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: hmelman@gmail.com, 21695@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:23:49 -0400 > > > How would we know which variables to look at? > > We would determine which variables could actually have a problem. > > 1. Get the list of variables that use :set. > > 2. For each of those variables, see if it is used in any source file > other than the one that contains the defcustom. A script can do this. "Any source file" should include all the Lisp files installed on the user's machine, right? So such a script would need to be run every startup (because the installed files can change)? Perhaps it would be better to walk the obarray instead?