From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Cc: 7812@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7812: 23.2; compilation-error-regexp-alist extremely unfriendly to customization interface
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:49:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv8vyfwpab.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2fwso45h3.wl%dave@boostpro.com> (Dave Abrahams's message of "Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:30:16 -0500")
> Yes, but you *can* design the module so as to make it a non-issue.
> Give people a customizable variable that is solely for their own use,
> and give them a way to override the contents of the base alist, which
> is not customizable but updated with the module.
That's one option. Another (which I prefer) is to use a defcustom
that lets the user add-to-front, add-to-rear, and remove elements.
Someone had proposed such a `diff-list' thingy for load-path at
some point. I really think we should try to get such a thing working.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-20 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-10 2:03 bug#7812: 23.2; compilation-error-regexp-alist extremely unfriendly to customization interface Dave Abrahams
2011-01-19 23:25 ` Glenn Morris
2011-01-19 23:27 ` Glenn Morris
2011-01-20 3:30 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-01-20 15:49 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-01-20 18:22 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-01-21 5:04 ` Glenn Morris
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
List information: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=jwv8vyfwpab.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org \
--to=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca \
--cc=7812@debbugs.gnu.org \
--cc=dave@boostpro.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).