From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs FAQ for Emacs 22.1 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:52:42 +0100 Message-ID: <8564psmu5x.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <200512132316.jBDNGEO16328@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <85ek4gmuuq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <200512132347.jBDNlSe17188@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134518182 30799 80.91.229.2 (13 Dec 2005 23:56:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:56:22 +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 00:56:18 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from [199.232.75.2] (helo=lists.gnu.org) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJyh-0003DT-HN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:54:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJzG-0007Tf-6X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:55:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJx0-0005qL-OD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:52:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJx0-0005q2-1o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:52:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmJwz-0005py-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmJyy-00074j-GH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:54:56 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmJvD-0007F0-Li; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 28F731C4CCE5; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:52:42 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200512132347.jBDNlSe17188@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:47:28 -0600 (CST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:47657 Archived-At: Luc Teirlinck writes: > 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. Which is a problem we need to address at some point of time. It is something people complain about. There is little point in documenting the use of Lisp where this interferes with Custom though. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum