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: Documentation not clear for the Lisp function set-variable Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:02:36 +0200 Message-ID: <85slyu5wsz.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87slz6nr3h.fsf@jurta.org> <200506271609.j5RG9i020638@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506271845.j5RIj3W22159@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200507040118.j641ImO12290@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 1120498509 12753 80.91.229.2 (4 Jul 2005 17:35:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, Luc Teirlinck , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 04 19:35:00 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DpUq8-0003pn-21 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:34:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DpUok-0007RK-MJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:33:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DpUnw-0007Ql-Cp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DpUnu-0007QL-Pe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DpUnu-0007QI-N9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DpUY8-0007mp-Mh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:16:04 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DpUPx-0005Ra-IA; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:07:38 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 7802D1D1DD88; Mon, 4 Jul 2005 19:02:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:48:38 -0400") 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:40350 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40350 "Richard M. Stallman" writes: > Actually, I forgot that, unlike customize-face, customize-variable > does not allow to enter variables that are defvarred or defvaraliased, > rather than defcustomed. > > I think that is partly a bug--it should allow an alias if its "real" > name has a defcustom. But then it should go to the customize dialog for the "real" variable. Everything else would be too confusing in the long run, particularly if you are saving options in your .emacs file. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum