From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Defaults for set-variable Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:00:35 +0900 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130810500 30852 80.91.229.2 (1 Nov 2005 02:01:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 01 03:01:37 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWlSH-0003TU-7R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:00:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWlSG-00066I-JL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:00:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWlS2-00065k-6j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:00:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWlS0-00065U-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:00:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWlS0-00065R-J6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:00:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.192] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EWlS0-0002ER-BL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:00:36 -0500 Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i6so19078wra for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:00:35 -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:content-disposition:references; b=hO0knTgpAhBUgN1/3lhUF8upZm6bH9BcqBf8kZnsck7dDC4Lbx8+5kqXJ9vf5x7XJRnYa4YniYL2W2pHo1M4RTDIRJ7lMh0XIvwzlUlS0Hg5baOWWid17JIdlP4Q63TW6ufPL18ea4tmElxmP2Ei88rPvGwKgfd5ozQh5Kum+6E= Original-Received: by 10.54.157.16 with SMTP id f16mr1126549wre; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:00:35 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.54.159.18 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:00:35 -0800 (PST) Original-To: Drew Adams In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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:45208 Archived-At: 2005/11/1, Drew Adams : > I use setq. > > OK. So do you perhaps also feel that the existing `set-variable' command= is > "not worth bloating the code to support"? At least wrt your own use? Do > you feel that it might be worth keeping, for use by others? > > `set-variable' [is] mainly useful as a gentle introduction for > those who might be confused by lisp syntax and the presence of > internal variables. > > I see. Real Lisp programmers don't... They don't use commands at all, d= o > they? Oh for christ's sake, don't get all pissy. -miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.