From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4706: customize and aliaes Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:53:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4363-Mon12Oct2009122818+0100-jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk> Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 4706@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255388856 9639 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2009 23:07:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:07:36 +0000 (UTC) To: 4706@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 13 01:07:29 2009 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 4.50) id 1MxTz8-0003oz-Qa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:07:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39038 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MxTz8-0000YY-8I for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MxTz3-0000WH-S3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MxTyz-0000RO-FA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35361 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MxTyz-0000RH-Bz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:42723) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MxTyy-0005Hh-OT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9CN7ATm000486; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:07:10 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9CN04UL030967; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:04 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4706 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4706-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4706.125538799630258 (code B ref 4706); Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4706) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Oct 2009 22:53:16 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9CMrEVf030255 for <4706@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:15 -0700 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MxTlS-00033N-1K; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:53:14 -0400 X-Spook: USCODE Bin Laden AK-47 Honduras Blowfish Majic sniper X-Ran: m-CnOzn$/4#-jph'p_!0!TdDd@wD|L%>e+L7D (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:37:07 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:31869 Archived-At: Glenn Morris wrote: > Any suggestions? Perhaps if new_alias has a 'saved-value property, and base_variable does not, Fdefvaralias could copy the property to base_variable? (Additionally, perhaps only if base_variable is not bound?) That seems like it might be a safe, general solution.