From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should Emacs have an upgrade procedure? Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:32:13 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87zl21yy8g.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87y6hlw3un.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269221569 13791 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2010 01:32:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:32:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , joakim@verona.se, Emacs development discussions To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 22 02:32:44 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtWVW-0001J2-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:32:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34084 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NtWVV-0005qP-CV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:32:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NtWVQ-0005q8-HX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:32:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49409 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NtWVP-0005pz-Cd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:32:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtWVO-00009Z-9J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:32:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f220.google.com ([209.85.220.220]:55420) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NtWVO-00009V-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:32:34 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so5741523fxm.32 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:32:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=sVYOnhfF4sg+RpE7yN0Vi9q2NPIYspKKUMZUxwWJ25g=; b=kHg+YVhxN2kpg0H/DbgjPM3q0O00u3yfRIvuvhP3Vyz9+eAW6c+pMu9PZVX3NUxs+S 4R8fTNQy/bLc73mNNoSHEhMNusFPF9JoNxrPIfeJN3DMULsw+GqMcRoMqZZ1Flu1pPgK gOG7JJ5COlY3Tvrv01oXoAdSPeC5zqcK9hL2k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=Kwm0AVW6lF7ZPlhKarb4J0Z3JZYBCZ824ntRf4RrsrcERCNvHPQb+uVyNXdJx80K1F 0aiQncpADY0DRcQoL0BCiVyHG7x7qra9VqO2AOsMvIUOjfLIUyq/xjCBSR8bL5ciRAkd Yt3x6YYqJopxkmjGDLno14Q6S9maAn5UK4d1A= Original-Received: by 10.239.167.203 with SMTP id h11mr466708hbe.53.1269221553102; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:32:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87y6hlw3un.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/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:122440 Archived-At: On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Juri Linkov wrote: >>> I think this could be better done with the Customization UI. >> >> Yes, but a special customization buffer with the relevant options and >> with new/old settings button too. > > What I meant is the existing command `customize-changed-options' > where you specify the version number, and it displays all settings > that were added or redefined since that version. Thanks, I had forgotten that. It is very good command - but still not good enough for the purpose. I think it needs info about what is new and what is changed and links to explanations.