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: Emacs FAQ for Emacs 22.1 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:47:28 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200512132347.jBDNlSe17188@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200512132316.jBDNGEO16328@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <85ek4gmuuq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134518086 30515 80.91.229.2 (13 Dec 2005 23:54:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: alserkli@inbox.ru, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 14 00:54:37 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from [199.232.75.2] (helo=lists.gnu.org) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJx5-0002Y0-J6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:52:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJxe-0006JX-F5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:53:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJtv-0003dU-TH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:49:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJtu-0003cT-AU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:49:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJtt-0003cE-Tj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:49:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmJvr-0006XG-Kt; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:51:43 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBDNn4df009444; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:49:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jBDNlSe17188; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:47:28 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: dak@gnu.org In-reply-to: <85ek4gmuuq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:37:49 +0100) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:49:04 -0600 (CST) 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 X-Broken-Reverse-DNS: no host name found for IP address 199.232.75.2 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:47656 Archived-At: David Kastrup wrote: While we decided not to introduce any changes that would render it impossible to set variables without Custom, there is little point in documenting other ways in the manuals. We currently _do_ document both ways more or less equally in the Emacs manual. The Custom way in `(emacs)Easy Customization' and the .emacs way in `(emacs)Init File'. I do not see any reason to change that. Several types of customization (say keybindings) can not even be done through Custom. Sincerely, Luc.