From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for custom-file - is not (load custom-file) needed? Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:40:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <075b01c4d9a4$52799460$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <00bb01c4daee$5eb81350$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <200412051733.iB5HXIX13206@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <000001c4db1a$8d3770f0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <200412060046.iB60kZj15003@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <003e01c4db31$e45a2550$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <200412060402.iB6421q15173@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412061834.iB6IYBu20015@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412070256.iB72unE24612@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102481130 3744 80.91.229.6 (8 Dec 2004 04:45:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:45:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, jpw@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 05:45:20 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CbthY-0006CA-00 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:45:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbtrN-0001Ze-IY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:55:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbtqE-0001Ew-Dt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:54:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbtqC-0001Dx-Tc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:54:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbtqC-0001Dr-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:54:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cbtg7-0003MM-GK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:43:51 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Cbtcj-0003tg-O7; Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:40:21 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200412070256.iB72unE24612@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:56:49 -0600 (CST)) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:30840 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30840 I propose the following changes to man/custom.texi, which I can install if desired. The `cond' form in the example might look intimidating to the non-Elisp user, but so does the present `if' form, certainly with the (necessary) `progn' in the "else" part added. People may want custom files for more than two versions. Please install your patch. Also please replace these two lines The variable @code{custom-file} is useful if you want to have different customizations for different Emacs versions: with this: You can also use @code{custom-file} to specify different customization files for different Emacs versions, like this: The old text of these lines is written in a way that implies introduction of a new topic, which is wrong because the topic is not new at that point.