From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: customize-set-(value|variable) [was: apropos commands for commands, user options, all functions, all variables] Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:58:38 +0100 Message-ID: <4737A53E.1010208@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194829152 4225 80.91.229.12 (12 Nov 2007 00:59:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 12 01:59:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IrNdy-0004jC-R2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:59:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrNdm-0007Le-Ja for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrNdi-0007GI-Ck for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:58:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrNdg-0007CA-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrNdg-0007Bo-ID for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:58:56 -0500 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IrNdf-0006Dy-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:58:56 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-148-228.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.148.228]:64305 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IrNde-0003Ln-3y; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:58:54 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070728 Thunderbird/2.0.0.6 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071111-1, 2007-11-11), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.148.228 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IrNde-0003Ln-3y. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1IrNde-0003Ln-3y 6b5dd4bc4ded2d553f84a3e6a2e5fc1c X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:83003 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: >> Why not use the custom buffer in such cases >> (and of course allow good completion there)? Maybe set-option(-default) >> could suggest/ask about that in those cases? Or maybe switch to the >> custom buffer then? (If that is not too confusing.) > > No. The whole point is to have a quick and powerful command that you can use > *outside* Customize. There are already commands to use Customize to > customize things. I think it will be unusable for more complex defcustoms.