Re: customize option/variable

[Juergen Fenn <jfenn@gmx.net>]

Am 29.08.23 um 00:08 Uhr schrieb Stephen Berman:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:42:04 +0200 Juergen Fenn <jfenn@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Am 28.08.23 um 23:13 Uhr schrieb Stephen Berman:
>>> You can customize apropos-sort-by-scores with M-x customize-option in
>>> Emacs 29 (and 30), but apropos.el has to be loaded for Customize to
>>> recognize the variable. So you can do e.g. `M-x apropos' and the `M-x
>>> customize-option apr TAB s TAB will complete to the variable and you can
>>> customize it.
>>
>> Thank you for this hint. In fact, I was not aware that navigating in
>> this way to the full variable name would lead you to a different
>> "target" than, e.g., M-x describe-variable, or M-x customize-variable
>> without completing the search term by apropos.
>
> Completion with M-x describe-variable (aka C-h v) in effect searches all
> Emacs Lisp libraries to find completion candidates, while
> customize-variable just examines loaded libraries.  Calling M-x apropos
> just loads the library (you could also use e.g. M-x load-library RET
> apropos), you don't need to enter search terms to subsequently get
> customize-variable to recognize options in the loaded library.

Steve,

I must say, it _is_ fascinating to see how complex Emacs has been
crafted to what is is today. I used to write my thesis back then with
NTEmacs and then, after switching to the Mac, I first used Carbon Emacs,
and then Aquamacs. Now I am on an all new Emacs 29.1, and I am only
beginning to understand how it all fits together, configuring a "Vanilla
Emacs" from scratch. When is comes to search, I did only C-s for years.
This _is_ a powerful tool indeed. I like it.

Thanks, again, for explaining this.

Regards,
Jürgen.