From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sascha Wilde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Defaults for set-variable Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:41:31 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130964239 30135 80.91.229.2 (2 Nov 2005 20:43:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 02 21:43:56 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXPQb-0000zN-BH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:41:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXPQa-00062N-SN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:41:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EXPQQ-000628-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:41:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EXPQP-00061v-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:41:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXPQP-00061s-3A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:41:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.141.58.119] (helo=km1136.keymachine.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EXPQP-0003e2-9D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:41:37 -0500 Original-Received: from kenny.sha-bang.de (xdslx207.osnanet.de [82.149.181.207]) (authenticated bits=0) by km1136.keymachine.de (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jA2KfREc005537; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:41:27 +0100 Original-Received: from wilde by kenny.sha-bang.de with local (Kenny MUA v.0409034.42) ID 1EXPQJ-0004TQ-Df; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:41:31 +0100 Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:22:15 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-wieners-gbr-MailScanner-Information: MailScanner presented by www.wieners-gbr.de X-wieners-gbr-MailScanner: Nachricht wurde nicht auf Viren und Spam untersucht, sprechen Sie uns an: www.wieners-gbr.de. X-MailScanner-From: wilde@sha-bang.de 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:45312 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" wrote: > I don't like the idea of encouraging Emacs users to set variables > that are not user options. > > Me neither. I intended it as a convenience for Lisp programmers. Any Lisp programmer should be able to use M-: or build his own interactive setq function. cheers sascha -- Sascha Wilde : "GUIs normally make it simple to accomplish simple : actions and impossible to accomplish complex actions." : (Doug Gwyn - 22/Jun/91 in comp.unix.wizards)