From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ola x Nilsson <ola.x.nilsson@axis.com>
Cc: 45857@debbugs.gnu.org, 30994@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45857: 28.0.50; Not possible to set package-user-dir in early-init.el
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:20:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvim7zs7tn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvy2gvttn5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:41:07 -0500")
>> the package-user-dir defcustom gets the custom-initialize-delay
>> intializer. At least for me, this overrides any setting of
>> package-user-dir that is done in early-init.el.
> Oh, I see you're right, and I think this issue is wider than
> `package-user-dir` since it affects all the other vars that use
> `custom-initialize-delay`.
Back in June 2018, Eli wrote:
> I can see several ways out of this:
>
> . Move the call to custom-reevaluate-setting back where it was, and
> instead call custom-reevaluate-setting in that earlier place only
> for Info-default-directory-list, which was the original reason why
> the call was moved;
> . Add a call to custom-reevaluate-setting for blink-cursor-mode
> where the window-system is already set up;
> . Call custom-reevaluate-setting for all the delayed-init variables
> twice: once where we do that now, and again where we did that
> before the above commit;
> . Introduce yet another variable similar to
> custom-delayed-init-variables, but separate from it, and put on
> it all the delayed-init variables that need the window-system to
> be set up, leaving all the rest in custom-delayed-init-variables.
We ended up going with the 3rd option, but this is the source of the
problem here. I think we should change to option 2 for now and plan on
fixing it for good by removing this exception, i.e. by making
the default value of `blink-cursor-mode` be t.
More concretely, I suggest the patch below,
Stefan
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 57fd87f20f..8c9ac4e30f 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1311,12 +1312,13 @@ command-line
(startup--setup-quote-display)
(setq internal--text-quoting-flag t))
- ;; Re-evaluate again the predefined variables whose initial value
- ;; depends on the runtime context, in case some of them depend on
- ;; the window-system features. Example: blink-cursor-mode.
- (let (current-load-list) ; c-r-s may call defvar, and hence LOADHIST_ATTACH
- (mapc 'custom-reevaluate-setting custom-delayed-init-variables)
- (setq custom-delayed-init-variables nil))
+ ;; Some vars's initialization need to be delayed yet further, until
+ ;; after we setup the real initial frame, because their initial
+ ;; value depends on the window-system features.
+ ;; Currently, the only such var is `blink-cursor-mode'. See bug#30994.
+ ;; FIXME: We should arrange for `blink-cursor-mode's default to be
+ ;; unconditionally `t' so as to finally eliminate this problem.
+ (custom-reevaluate-setting 'blink-cursor-mode)
(normal-erase-is-backspace-setup-frame)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-14 18:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-14 11:51 bug#45857: 28.0.50; Not possible to set package-user-dir in early-init.el Ola x Nilsson
2021-01-14 15:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-14 15:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-14 18:20 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-01-14 18:40 ` bug#30994: " Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-14 19:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-14 20:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-14 21:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-15 7:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-15 16:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-15 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-15 22:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-16 4:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-19 17:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-22 16:08 ` bug#30994: " Phillip Lord
2021-01-22 16:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-22 17:02 ` Phillip Lord
2021-01-16 7:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
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