From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: reconsider defaults custom group Date: 26 Dec 2002 10:22:25 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87adiuyn8x.fsf@emacswiki.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040865815 4364 80.91.224.249 (26 Dec 2002 01:23:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 01:23:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18RMkH-00018G-00 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 02:23:33 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18RMoZ-0007HI-00 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 02:28:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RMjt-0006PE-08 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:23:09 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RMja-0006M5-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:22:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RMjY-0006IP-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:22:49 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.202]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RMjX-0006Bk-00; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:22:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.192])gBQ1MRU13153; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 10:22:27 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gBQ1MRi29313; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 10:22:27 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id gBQ1MQH02701; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 10:22:26 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) id gBQ1MPB15569; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 10:22:26 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 56B4236FE; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 10:22:25 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Alex Schroeder System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87adiuyn8x.fsf@emacswiki.org> Original-Lines: 8 Original-cc: patware@freeshell.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10347 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10347 How are all those particular variables related to each other? Why the odd name (`Reconsider Defaults' sounds as if it's trying to give you a 2nd chance before you change something, which is a decidedly odd concept in Customize, since it's a generally declarative interface!)? -Miles -- Occam's razor split hairs so well, I bought the whole argument!