From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for custom-file - is not (load custom-file) needed? Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:20:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200412140150.iBE1oTY02196@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412150251.iBF2pKb10852@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412160048.iBG0m2W17018@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412170541.iBH5fuk20957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103291236 12742 80.91.229.6 (17 Dec 2004 13:47:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:47:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: johnw@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 17 14:47:03 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CfIRi-0006LC-00 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:47:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CfIc0-0005sc-Qv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:57:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CfIbk-0005ow-Fm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:57:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CfIbi-0005nc-EX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:57:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CfIbi-0005nS-Cw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:57:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CfIR9-0000JJ-4y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:46:27 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 48422 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2004 13:19:46 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 17 Dec 2004 13:19:46 -0000 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200412170541.iBH5fuk20957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:41:56 -0600 (CST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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:31238 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31238 Luc Teirlinck writes: > Richard Stallman wrote: > > I really do not want to go on forever about this, but I still want to > point out one last time how easy the alternative is: > > (2) ... Even better (but this is a > minor issue): leave the defcustom, but put in a not to be missed > warning in the Custom buffer. The latter provides full 100% > backward compatibility and helps people who use Custom as a > browser (which means most people). IMHO, this is a perfect solution for 21.4 -- it doesn't change any functionality which isn't more broken now than it was before. And for me it has worked just fine for years, so IMO it's not broken at all. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk