From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: You can set this variable in your initialization file. Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206929186 468 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 02:06:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:06:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: bob@rattlesnake.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 04:06:57 2008 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 4.50) id 1Jg9QH-0000tw-5U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:06:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jg9Pf-00087t-62 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jg9Pb-00087R-5E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jg9PY-00086v-HQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jg9PY-00086s-CU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:12 -0400 Original-Received: from 206-248-178-205.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.178.205] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jg9PX-00038u-WB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:12 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3EFF6B40F9; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:06 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:94001 Archived-At: >> Many variables cannot usefully be set in the .emacs file and yet C-h v >> keeps telling me "You can set this variable in your initialization >> file". >> >> I don't know of any. > For example, in my .emacs file I can set `noninteractive' > noninteractive is a variable defined in `C source code'. > Its value is t > although I set it back since I am running in an interactive terminal. > I can also set `minibuffer-completion-predicate' > minibuffer-completion-predicate is a variable defined in `C source code'. > Its value is t > (Setting seems crazy to me -- but I can set. Perhaps `usefully' > is the appropriate word. What other variables should not be > customized, although they can be?) This link is displayed all the time, so for non-newbies its informational content is nil. For newbie, telling them that they can set minibuffer-completion-predicate in their .emacs is just a clever way to confuse them. I'd rather we only add it to variables that are `custom'izable. Later on, they'll learn about the rest. Stefan