From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc elisp intro cross reference fixes Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:18:29 -0600 (CST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200311190418.hAJ4ITC02466@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <87wua28zux.fsf@zip.com.au> <87ad6vdsxi.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069215951 14997 80.91.224.253 (19 Nov 2003 04:25:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 05:25:47 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMJuV-0003kE-00 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 05:25:47 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AMJuU-0000OR-00 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 05:25:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMKri-0006oB-Ts for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:26:58 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AMKrC-0006hc-Db for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:26:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AMKqU-0005vf-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:26:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMKqT-0005vG-K6; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:25:41 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAJ4OJKk015146; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:24:19 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id hAJ4ITC02466; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:18:29 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on 18 Nov 2003 22:08:50 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:17905 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:17905 Stefan Monnier wrote: Could someone explain to me the subtle differences between: - defvar with a * in the docstring. Customizable through `set-variable', but not through Custom. - defcustom with no * in the docstring. Customizable through Custom, not with `set-variable'. Usually necessary if setting the variable directly has no effect. - defcustom with a * in the docstring. Customizable through both. Of the three the one that is not obviously useful is the first. But there are (infrequent) situations where it might seem reasonable. Sincerely, Luc.