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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: dalanicolai@gmail.com, 39887@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39887: 26.3; Customize buffer does not show type expected
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 11:17:27 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d71ee100-4677-483e-9a66-5ff54539e081@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2b1287b530e902d23c7c28cdd05dbf482ec97450.camel@gmail.com>

> It would be great if the customize
> buffer shows which type of variable is expected. Although the :type
> keyword is included in the defcustom declaration, it is not shown in
> the
> customization buffer which type is expected. If the wrong type is
> filled
> in then the only error message given is "(mismatch)". Quite some
> package
> writers do not - additionally -  document their variables.

+1. Great idea.  The type declaration in the help
might also even be a link to the doc for :type.





  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-03 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-03 17:06 bug#39887: 26.3; Customize buffer does not show type expected dalanicolai
2020-03-03 19:17 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-10-26 21:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-26 22:51   ` Drew Adams

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