From: Bruce Ingalls <bingalls@fit-zones.DELETE-THE-SPAM-BLOCK.com>
Subject: Re: override defcustom
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 05:44:55 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D744D5B.6050100@fit-zones.DELETE-THE-SPAM-BLOCK.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: vafr8gccvit.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de
I likely did not explain the problem precisely enough.
It now looks that both Modern Emacs & XEmacs properly (IMHO) default
font-lock-maximum-decoration to t. However, there are other custom
variables I would like to override.
The essentials work fine, if I create an emacro defcustom group, and do
(defcustom font-lock-maximum-decoration t
"Toggle max colors for all modes."
:group 'emacro
:type 'boolean)
Some users will use M-x customize (or its menu equivalent), and will try
to change the default setting.
Perhaps I am wrong, but I expect that they will be in for a surprise.
The problem is that font-lock-maximum-decoration is also set in the
font-lock group.
Aren't users required to set this variable in both groups?
Unfortunately, they may only be aware of one group. :(
I could have EMacro generate setq() statements. However, customize()
users will simply know that the font-lock-maximum-decoration variable is
available, and again be disappointed.
I don't have a choice; Emacs & XEmacs already use such Customize
Variables. I am also just as certain that I don't like the defaults
provided. Finally, I want to provide a way that nonprogrammers can set
their own defaults; customize() provides a user friendly menu to do just
that.
Thanks, Bruce.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-03 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-30 14:46 override defcustom Bruce Ingalls
2002-08-31 16:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-01 3:27 ` Bruce Ingalls
2002-09-01 18:36 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-02 14:32 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-03 5:44 ` Bruce Ingalls [this message]
2002-09-03 13:04 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-26 5:49 ` why `view-lossage' is called so? Janusz S. Bień
2003-04-26 17:38 ` drf5n
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-08 2:53 override defcustom Bruce Ingalls
2002-09-08 20:24 ` Kai Großjohann
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