From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Per Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: custom problem Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:05:31 +0100 Organization: The Church of Emacs Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200212251025.gBPAPeJ14720@arc.math.ohio-state.edu> <200212302251.gBUMp8G10002@arc.math.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041522504 2903 80.91.224.249 (2 Jan 2003 15:48:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:48:24 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18U7a2-0000kh-00 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:48:22 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18U7cE-0004pf-00 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:50:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18U7VR-0002vH-02 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18U73L-000474-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:14:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18U6vV-0001ve-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:06:32 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18U6gY-0006Xl-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 09:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18U6fd-0005ew-00 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 15:50:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18U51a-0007FG-00 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:04:38 +0100 Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org X-Face: +kRV2]2q}lixHkE{U)mY#+6]{AH=yN~S9@IFiOa@X6?GM|8MBp/ Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ygYL7o/755uwRTIAA+9/wn4ZcKg= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10407 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10407 Per Abrahamsen writes: > [ CC'ed to emacs-devel ] > > Markus Rost writes: > >> Yes. This was meant for prompts for customize-variable, >> customize-group and friends, also for describe-variable, which should >> give a hint that the variable can be customized. You don't want to >> load libraries here in advance. > > I don't think it is a problem to load a file if you are trying to get > information (or customize) a *specific* variable (or face or group) > defined in that file. I get it now, you want the information for the completion list for the prompt, not for the sake of the buffer. That seems like a worthwhile change.