From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: fancy-splash-screen customize group... Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:38:29 +0100 Message-ID: <439AE865.7010801@student.lu.se> References: <200512082134.jB8LYk2K018733@brains.moreideas.ca> <4399C196.9030403@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090902030908000602010705" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134226058 22121 80.91.229.2 (10 Dec 2005 14:47:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, emacs@whaite.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 10 15:47:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1El5zk-00076C-8N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:46:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1El604-0005QT-SP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:47:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1El5xU-0005Nw-Oq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:44:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1El5sT-0003yQ-Cf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:39:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1El5sI-0003ul-TC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:38:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.8.164] (helo=pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1El5td-0002DH-OM; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:40:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 43960D0D0011AA8D; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:38:30 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: 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:47391 Archived-At: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090902030908000602010705 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Richard M. Stallman wrote: >I don't want to make these changes, for the following reasons: > > ! * Saving Customizations:: How to save customizations in a different file. > ! And why they can not be saved when emacs was > ! invoked with -Q. > >Menu items should not be that detailed--it is clumsy. > > Ok, I have removed removed "And why ..." > + @node Searching for Options > + @subsection Searching for Options > + > + You can search for customization options and groups by name using > + regular expressions. The search functions are available in the menus > + under Options - Customize Emacs. See also the function > + customize-apropos in (@pxref{Specific Customization}). > >Such small nodes are wasteful and undesirable. > > I do not understand why they are wasteful, but I have added some more information which I believe is useful. > @item M-x customize-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} > Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups > ! that match @var{regexp}. There are also more specific functions: > ! customize-apropos-options, customize-apropos-faces and > ! customize-apropos-groups. > >In a table which is structured as one command per item, >it is inconsistent to mention other commands in the same item. > > I removed customize-apropos-* here. I have attached a new patch. >I do not see why it is worth documenting customize-apropos-options, >etc. customize-apropos seems to be good enough. > > Maybe customize-apropos should prompt for searching just options, faces or groups? --------------090902030908000602010705 Content-Type: text/plain; name="custom.texi-searching2.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="custom.texi-searching2.patch" Index: custom.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/man/custom.texi,v retrieving revision 1.95 diff -c -r1.95 custom.texi *** custom.texi 10 Dec 2005 00:46:09 -0000 1.95 --- custom.texi 10 Dec 2005 14:29:08 -0000 *************** *** 206,213 **** @menu * Groups: Customization Groups. How options are classified in a structure. * Changing a Variable:: How to edit a value and set an option. ! * Saving Customizations:: Details of saving customizations. * Face Customization:: How to edit the attributes of a face. * Specific Customization:: Making a customization buffer for specific variables, faces, or groups. --- 206,214 ---- @menu * Groups: Customization Groups. How options are classified in a structure. + * Searching: Searching for Options. How to search for options using regexps. * Changing a Variable:: How to edit a value and set an option. ! * Saving Customizations:: How to save customizations in a different file. * Face Customization:: How to edit the attributes of a face. * Specific Customization:: Making a customization buffer for specific variables, faces, or groups. *************** *** 290,295 **** --- 291,314 ---- that active field creates an ordinary customization buffer showing just that group and its contents, just that variable, or just that face. This is the way to set values in it. + + @node Searching for Options + @subsection Searching for Options + + You can search for customization options and groups by name using + regular expressions. The search result is shown in the customization + buffer which is setup with all matching options of the choosen kind. + + To start a search you can use @kbd{M-x customize-apropos} (see + @pxref{Specific Customization}). The search functions are also + available in the menus under Options - Customize Emacs. + + Tip 1: In the customization buffer you can use @pxref{Incremental + Search} like in any other buffer. + + Tip 2: If you did not find exactly what you searched for you may find + the links to `Parent groups' (if there are any parent groups) beneath + the options in the customization buffer useful. @node Changing a Variable @subsection Changing a Variable --------------090902030908000602010705 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel --------------090902030908000602010705--