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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: hmelman@gmail.com, 15748@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15748: 24.3.50; `customize-group': Provide a way to hide/show all values
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 13:44:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fslgcmzv.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lev9s4iv.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 10 May 2022 20:04:24 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Thanks, but can we have some documentation about its usage?  For
> starters, in which buffers it is supposed to be used, and how?  I
> thought this was for the buffer created by customize-group, but there
> it seems I can use 'H' only once: after that one time, which reveals
> all the variables, any subsequent 'H' press says "Invalid widget type"
> and does nothing.  (I used the buffer created for the 'display' group,
> in case it matters.)

Yes, it matters -- I was testing in a group with a different widget
selection, so I didn't see this bug.  Now fixed on the trunk.

> 'H' does toggle in a buffer created by customize-variable, but is that
> the intent?

Sure, why not?

> I tried to understand whether I did something wrong by reading the doc
> string of the new command, but it didn't add anything to my
> understanding; it doesn't even say which "widgets" is it talking
> about.
>
> I think we need to improve the user documentation of this new feature.

It just toggles the visibility, like that arrow thing.  I don't know
what further can be said.

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-11 11:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-29 15:09 bug#15748: 24.3.50; `customize-group': Provide a way to hide/show all values Drew Adams
2021-10-23 18:49 ` Howard Melman
2022-05-10 15:48   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-10 16:44     ` Howard Melman
2022-05-10 17:04     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-11 11:44       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-05-11 13:49         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-12  0:28           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-12  6:40             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-10 17:15     ` Drew Adams
2022-05-11 15:02       ` Howard Melman
2022-05-11 15:12         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-11  7:05     ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-11 11:45       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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