From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: You can set this variable in your initialization file. Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:17:37 -0400 Message-ID: <87tzikuvzi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207149693 3345 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2008 15:21:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 02 17:22:05 2008 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 1Jh4mh-0008Kl-O0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:21:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jh4m5-0000sC-B9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jh4m1-0000ry-Lh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jh4lz-0000ri-AC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jh4lz-0000rf-4N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:11 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jh4ly-0003Ok-Me for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:11 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CD4994E3F7; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:17:37 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:06:21 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:94203 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > I think this "feature" is a misfeature. > > Many variables cannot usefully be set in the .emacs file and yet C-h v > keeps telling me "You can set this variable in your initialization > file". > > Either we fix it to do the right thing (i.e. only say it when it's > true), or we should remove it. Yeah. Any variable that can be set in .emacs should be made a defcustom, if it is not already one. I'll remove this feature over the next few days.