From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bad value to a defcustom makes choices unavailable Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200508011741.j71HflT04394@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <42EE43B6.2090409@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1123039863 24929 80.91.229.2 (3 Aug 2005 03:31:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 03:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 03 05:31:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from mail-relay.eunet.no ([193.71.71.242]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E09vr-0004e8-3W for ged-emacs-devel@gmane.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:28:39 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by mail-relay.eunet.no (8.13.1/8.13.1/GN) with ESMTP id j71I80IJ025848 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:08:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzekP-0002JZ-1J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:10:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DzedV-0007rr-0Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:03:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DzecI-0007PZ-Rz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:02:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dzec2-00078a-7a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:02:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DzeUa-0005zL-0g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:54:24 -0400 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 j71Hfnqt003592; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:49 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j71HflT04394; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:47 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se In-reply-to: <42EE43B6.2090409@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:45:58 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:41449 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:41449 Lennart Borgman wrote: If the value of a defcustom with ":type '(choices ...)" has a bad value then the choice menu is unavailable. Just end your choice menu with the `other' type, then this will not happen. Of course, you must make `other' have a sensible value. Sincerely, Luc.