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: Customize buttons that change user's custom file should askforconfirmation Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:55:36 +0900 Message-ID: References: <001e01c50732$93c68f70$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> Reply-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107136614 30737 80.91.229.6 (31 Jan 2005 01:56:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:56:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 31 02:56:47 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CvQo3-0002Fs-00 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:56:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvR0g-0005NN-58 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:09:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvR0S-0005MJ-ML for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:09:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvR0P-0005KB-8v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:09:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvR0P-0005Ju-5u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:09:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.196] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CvQmv-0000Gk-2N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:55:37 -0500 Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 36so95582wri for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:55:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=FPCz9ayLeJzq6jdBmIgQc7lL5C4la41PqL+WqTaw8QdVSxeIQQybPqtJ/ubh60vQWhF/gHEwWiTEfpk/zpTZlgh//+9I4D7KtMH90+VVMfA4MCRmaRZZS7VO5oCD7jDChAcd6LbSZZHc12AtRb+BaZodGQn5VTbZNmYfXjDccGg= Original-Received: by 10.54.20.70 with SMTP id 70mr111110wrt; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:55:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.54.19.59 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:55:36 -0800 (PST) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-Reply-To: <001e01c50732$93c68f70$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> 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:32656 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32656 On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:16:50 +0100, Lennart Borgman wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Stallman" > > Instead of "Erase Customizations": > > 1) "Default Values" - resets to default (= installed) settings > > I would prefer "Reset to Defaults". I don't think that's good -- it smacks too much of the old behavior; "Reset" seems to imply more than just changing the values being edited in the current buffer. I think Drew's wording is good. > > 2) "Save" - the existing button. It would update the custom > > file to use the installed settings. > > There is one logical problem. Should this work just on the symbols in the > current customization buffer or on all values? What if there are several > customization buffers in use? > > I would prefer that it worked just on the current customization buffer I don't understand your point ... the only reasonable method would be operating on the current buffer -- the whole point of this proposed change is that the button only makes a temporary change in the current buffer until it's saved. > and > that there were a menu entry for saving all changed values for defcustom > symbols. I don't understand that at all. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.