From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `set-variable' should use :set Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:39:54 +0200 Message-ID: <83ocam8ylx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87d3r3qd44.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <871v7jqchc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <033D7FA139144B03B1370B9E9C1113ED@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287733202 11119 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2010 07:40:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 22 09:40:00 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P9CEH-0007Lv-5E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:39:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59834 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P9CEG-0001YT-H9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41763 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P9CE9-0001Xi-OQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:39:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P9CE8-00027S-6w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:39:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:54964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P9CE7-00027F-WB; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:39:48 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LAO00000L80X300@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:39:47 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.29.140]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LAO00MPXLA9FFI0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:39:47 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <033D7FA139144B03B1370B9E9C1113ED@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:131971 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:11:34 -0700 > Cc: 'Emacs-Devel devel' > > However, I disagree that it is not that much more convenient than setq. For one > thing, it respects the defcustom :type spec. For another, it uses a proper > interactive spec. The type-checking in particular is a win, IMO. To say nothing of the fact that set-variable provides completion, while M-: does not.