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From: Edward Welbourne <eddy@opera.no>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: customize
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:15:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E17ZF3J-00009J-00@whorl.intern.opera.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rjbs8qv7bi.fsf@zuse.dina.kvl.dk> (message from Per Abrahamsen on Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:15:45 +0200)

> The effect of this is that if you move the custom-set-variables
> call, it will stay put.

neat.  However, new customizations will always go at the end of the
file: if I want some elisp to be run after *everything* that customize
controls (e.g. if I want it to be the last thing my ~/.emacs does),
I'm going to have to move that elisp each time I customize anything
new ... *unless* I keep the things customize controls in a separate
file and have ~/.emacs run my elisp after loading that custom-file.
Fortunately, the variable custom-file is there to let us do this.

The only issue is ensuring that folk who're comfortable writing elisp
*do* find out about custom-file when using customize - for which it
will suffice to mention custom-file (prominently enough) on the first
page of the UI that M-x customize throws up.

The only real problem (for anyone happy to write elisp) with
configuring emacs is lack of information: until one knows the right
name to ask for help about, it can be very hard to discover any clues
... which is sort of inevitable, if somewhat frustrating at times.
Mentioning relevant names on the pages customize offers would be a
great help.

	Eddy.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-07-29 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E17SKgH-00005W-00@whorl.intern.opera.no>
     [not found] ` <200207111201.g6BC1OM16938@aztec.santafe.edu>
     [not found]   ` <E17SgpB-0003rO-00@whorl.intern.opera.no>
2002-07-14 15:22     ` customize Richard Stallman
2002-07-15  9:18       ` customize Edward Welbourne
2002-07-15 14:08         ` customize Stefan Monnier
2002-07-15 15:36           ` customize Edward Welbourne
2002-07-16 13:28         ` customize Richard Stallman
     [not found]     ` <15680.26449.937153.817907@localhost.localdomain>
2002-07-27 18:53       ` customize Richard Stallman
2002-07-29 11:17         ` customize Edward Welbourne
2002-07-29 12:49           ` customize Kai Großjohann
2002-07-29 13:50             ` customize Edward Welbourne
2002-07-29 15:22               ` customize chad
2002-08-05 17:47                 ` customize Per Abrahamsen
2002-08-06 16:53                   ` customize chad
2002-08-09  6:52                   ` customize Stefan Monnier
2002-08-09  8:32                     ` customize Edward Welbourne
2002-08-10 12:30                       ` customize Stefan Monnier
2002-08-12  8:00                         ` customize, futility of byte-compiling Edward Welbourne
2002-08-12 10:01                           ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-08-12 16:14                           ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-10 17:16                     ` customize Richard Stallman
2002-08-13 16:28                       ` customize Stefan Monnier
2002-08-14  5:15                         ` customize Richard Stallman
2002-08-14 21:51                           ` customize Stefan Monnier
2002-07-29 16:15               ` customize Per Abrahamsen
2002-07-29 18:15                 ` Edward Welbourne [this message]
2002-07-29 19:42                   ` customize Kai Großjohann
2002-07-30  8:32                     ` customize Edward Welbourne
2002-07-30 11:32                       ` customize Robert J. Chassell
2002-07-30  5:16                   ` customize Eli Zaretskii
2002-07-30  5:14               ` customize Eli Zaretskii
2002-07-30  1:00           ` customize Richard Stallman
2002-08-03  0:46             ` customize Jeff Dwork
2002-08-09  7:33           ` customize Stefan Monnier

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