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#8720: 24.0.50; load-theme in .emacs makes it easy to inadvertently delete custom-set variables Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:13:01 -0300 Message-ID: References: <87vcx1tciy.fsf@engster.org> <87hb855esi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1307390507 30749 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2011 20:01:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8720@debbugs.gnu.org, David Engster To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 06 22:01:39 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QTfzW-0005Yf-PX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:01:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60731 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTfzU-0001lC-UY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44066) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdNN-000826-3p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdNL-0004Fn-K5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55386) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdNL-0004Fj-6e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdNK-00047C-GW; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8720 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8720-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8720.130738039015747 (code B ref 8720); Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8720) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jun 2011 17:13:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdMU-00045w-4u for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:13:10 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdMS-00045k-Uj for 8720@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from 213-159-126-200.fibertel.com.ar ([200.126.159.213]:44310 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTdMN-0002HH-6Y; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 578CB660DD; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:13:01 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: <87hb855esi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:59:25 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:47009 Archived-At: > One possibility is to do something like the following patch. If Emacs > needs to save a variable in a function that could be called during > startup, Rather than "startup" we could prefer checking "have custom settings been fully loaded?". It's mostly equivalent (except for things like -Q), but it's more obviously the correct thing to do. Stefan