From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10907: 24.0.94; Updating display of Customize buffer Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:42:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87vcmr6r9a.fsf@escher.home> <87obsj6l48.fsf@escher.home> <87k4367spn.fsf@escher.home> <87fwdu7qqb.fsf@escher.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330569878 15282 80.91.229.3 (1 Mar 2012 02:44:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 02:44:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10907@debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Berman , Andreas Schwab To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 01 03:44:36 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S2w0R-00054R-CW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:44:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45865 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2w0Q-0002Ib-RT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:44:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39868) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2w05-0001e3-Ar for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:44:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2w03-00046o-Il for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:44:12 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49731) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2w03-00046b-Fw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:44:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2vzu-00021z-81 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:44:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10907 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10907-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10907.13305698157764 (code B ref 10907); Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10907) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Mar 2012 02:43:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56563 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2vzS-00020x-VO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:24560) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2vzG-00020b-Kl for 10907@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:43:23 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AicFAKU/KE9FxJvl/2dsb2JhbACBX5x7eYhwnhmGGQSGUJRJhAs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,1,1325480400"; d="scan'208";a="165304667" Original-Received: from 69-196-155-229.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.155.229]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 29 Feb 2012 21:42:59 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5DC3758F5C; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:42:58 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:45:32 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:57409 Archived-At: >> but being able to have a dynamic set of `choice's would be helpful. > When might you want to use such a thing, as opposed to having :type a > static list that encompasses all possible valid settings? In the email to which you respond, I mention completion-styles, since these can refer to styles that are provided by external packages. > I can only see it being harmful. Eg if you want to compute the :type > based on whether some external utility is installed on the system, you > could end up with saved settings in ~/.emacs that suddenly become > invalid (wrong type) if said utility gets removed from the system. Just because there are scenarios where you can bump into bugs doesn't mean it can't be very useful. E.g. types such as `function' also accept a set of values that depends on what's installed, yet it hasn't proved to be a problem. Stefan