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From: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
Cc: jpw@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Documentation for custom-file - is not (load	custom-file)	needed?
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 02:21:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <003e01c4db31$e45a2550$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200412060046.iB60kZj15003@raven.dms.auburn.edu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luc Teirlinck" <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>

> Except that `custom-set-variables' does various stuff that `setq' does
> not.  As a result, certain of the more subtle advantages of saving a
> variable through Custom would be lost.

I meant that perhaps this things would not matter with proper functions for
:set and :get for custom-file.

> Of course, the first thing to decide is whether we want to change the
> code or the documentation.  Your code seems complex and there are
> potential pitfalls.

I agree.

- Lennart

  reply	other threads:[~2004-12-06  1:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-04  1:53 Documentation for custom-file - is not (load custom-file) needed? Lennart Borgman
2004-12-04 23:35 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-05 21:52   ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-06  0:24     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-06 14:10       ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-07  2:40         ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-08  4:40           ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-06  2:56     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-07  4:23       ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-05 15:50 ` John Paul Wallington
2004-12-05 17:07   ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-05 17:33     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-05 22:07       ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-06  0:46         ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-06  1:21           ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2004-12-06  4:02             ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-06 13:04               ` Stefan
2004-12-06 18:34                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-06 18:54                   ` Stefan Monnier
2004-12-06 21:53                     ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-07  2:34                       ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-07  9:39                         ` Kim F. Storm
2004-12-07  3:27                       ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-07  2:56                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-08  4:40                       ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-07  3:50                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-07  4:23               ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-07  5:39                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-08  0:44                   ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-08  4:35                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-08 17:52                       ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-08  4:42                     ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-08 13:27                       ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-08 17:52                         ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-08 18:04                           ` Stefan Monnier
2004-12-08 19:56                             ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-08 20:20                               ` Stefan Monnier
2004-12-08 22:16                                 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-08  4:40                   ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-09  2:20                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-09  2:24                       ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-09 22:06                       ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-10  5:54                         ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-10 15:51                           ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-10 17:05                             ` Stefan Monnier
2004-12-10 18:36                               ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-10 20:40                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-12-11  1:00                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-11  3:38                                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-11  3:56                                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-11  4:11                                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-13  3:49                                   ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-13  9:01                                     ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-13 15:55                                       ` Luc Teirlinck
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-12-13 19:51 Richard Stallman
2004-12-14  0:34 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-14 23:20   ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-14  1:50 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-14 23:20   ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-15  2:51     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-15 23:20       ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-16  0:48         ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-16  4:51           ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-17  0:54           ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-17  5:41             ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-17 13:20               ` Kim F. Storm
2004-12-20 10:56               ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-21  0:48                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-23  0:53                 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-25 15:13                   ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-26  2:31                     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-14  4:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-17 15:31 LENNART BORGMAN
2004-12-23 14:07 LENNART BORGMAN
2004-12-23 18:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-28  1:06   ` Lennart Borgman
2004-12-28  4:28     ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-12-28 17:25       ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-23 18:34 ` Luc Teirlinck

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