From: Daiki Ueno <ueno@gnu.org>
To: Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: "24229@debbugs.gnu.org" <24229@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#24229: 25.1; Can't set EPA program
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:38:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mvkcqzbf.fsf-ueno@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <89B49EC8-8E9C-462F-8E0C-9A6ABC7A8C87@tenpoint.co.nz> (Nick Helm's message of "Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:56:17 +0000")
Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz> writes:
> Yes, the error still occurs when launching with:
> emacs -Q —-eval '(setq epg-gpg-program "gpg1")'
>
> However, it doesn’t occur when launching with:
> emacs -Q --eval '(customize-save-variable (quote epg-gpg-program) "gpg1")'
>
> A quick look at `epg-find-configuration' shows it only
> checks epg-gpg-program's saved-value symbol property;
> if the variable is set elsewhere it is ignored.
>
> I can get around it by symlinking gpg>gpg1 but that
> kinda defeats the purpose of having the variable.
It's an intended behaviour. If you expect all the setup behind the
scene, you need to use the Customize interface instead of 'setq'.
This is similar to the mode variables. See:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Minor-Modes.html#Minor-Modes
The documentation of the variable could be improved anyway.
Regards,
--
Daiki Ueno
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-16 19:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-15 4:58 bug#24229: 25.1; Can't set EPA program Nick Helm
2016-08-15 22:26 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-08-16 0:56 ` Nick Helm
2016-08-16 19:38 ` Daiki Ueno [this message]
2016-08-17 0:18 ` Nick Helm
2016-08-17 7:46 ` Daiki Ueno
2016-08-17 15:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-18 7:14 ` Daiki Ueno
2016-08-18 14:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-18 15:08 ` Daiki Ueno
2016-08-18 15:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-18 15:46 ` Glenn Morris
2016-08-18 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 9:22 ` Daiki Ueno
2016-08-19 9:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-17 17:45 ` Richard Stallman
2016-08-18 1:32 ` Nick Helm
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