From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, rms@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Always-true predicate?
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:22:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837dn42ibm.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmnb7kKhhbCV6xR+YdpUAr7SLgGoPJ_NJix_rnCnvy3H6w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:09:25 -0600)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:09:25 -0600
> Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, larsi@gnus.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Could you elaborate on how it makes it harder to customize?
> >
> > Isn't it clear that typing a function at set-variable's prompt is much
> > less convenient than typing an atom, like a symbol, a string, or a
> > number? For starters, it is much more typing. And then it's easy to
> > make a mistake, which will require you to start over again.
>
> Oh, sorry I misunderstood you. I thought we only talked about
> "customizing" in reference to `customize'.
I almost never use "M-x customize" for variables, as set-variable is
so much easier and faster. I expect many veteran users do the same.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-19 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-17 12:01 Always-true predicate? Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 12:31 ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2021-02-17 12:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 16:59 ` Barry Fishman
2021-02-19 15:24 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-17 13:16 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-17 18:56 ` Pip Cet
2021-02-17 19:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 19:31 ` Pip Cet
2021-02-17 19:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 20:18 ` Teemu Likonen
2021-02-17 22:25 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-17 23:04 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-17 23:13 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-17 23:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-19 11:27 ` Pip Cet
2021-02-19 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-19 19:04 ` Pip Cet
2021-02-19 20:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 9:40 ` Pip Cet
2021-02-20 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-19 5:39 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-19 8:52 ` Robert Pluim
2021-02-19 9:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-19 13:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 13:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 13:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 14:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 18:04 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-19 14:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 12:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 12:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 14:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 15:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-21 12:50 ` Robert Pluim
2021-02-21 13:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 15:09 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-19 15:22 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-02-19 18:17 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-19 18:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 5:02 ` chad
2021-02-22 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 23:07 ` chad
2021-02-21 6:12 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
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