From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:29:25 +0200 Message-ID: <867ey9sva2.fsf@zoho.com> References: <1502373086.1171866.1069247696.71F9FED4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8660dvuzsr.fsf@zoho.com> <1502436066.2568371.1070085968.1D25E0E7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87tw1ekxgo.fsf@127.0.0.1> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502483428 682 195.159.176.226 (11 Aug 2017 20:30:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 20:30:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 11 22:30:24 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dgGZU-0007zs-T3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:30:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45257 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgGZb-0007W9-9n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:30:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgGYy-0007Ud-75 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:29:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgGYu-0007jA-7Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:29:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=55090 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgGYu-0007iZ-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:29:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dgGYk-0005WU-Qt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:29:30 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:DGx95Z2WovNGmumjocE6vsRP57w= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113995 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie wrote: > There are some custom settings (I'm afraid > I can think of anything specific at the > moment) where setting them via > `customize-...' also triggers a setting up > function, which incorporates the new setting > into something deeper than just > a variable value. Let's see: a variable that triggers a function when it (the variable) is set, only that only works when it is set with a specific function? And what happens if the variable is the the old-fashion way? An inconsistent state as there is now a mismatch between the variable value and the un-triggered function? Well, hell. In my experience, bad ideas can't be circumvent by dealing with them the supposedly right way. That can only prolong the time before you realize it is a bad idea. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573