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From: Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: which one to use: custom-set-variables, customize-set-variable, or customize-set-value?
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:31:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lh90nk3u.fsf@metapensiero.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 63e721db-3901-4017-a254-a679a4d8d04e@default

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> While it seems working as expected, I like to hear other's opinion: do you
>> see any problem with this approach?
>
> You can do that.  But I would advise just using `customize-set-variable'
> for a user option, and using `setq' or `setq-default' etc. for non-options.
>
> That is much more readable in your code, IMO.

Ok, thanks, I will rethink my step.

> And no, you do not ever need to "check each variable documentation to
> see the right way to set its value".  (And you should anyway not rely
> on a variable's documentation for that.)

How's it that possible? How can then I know when to use `setq', `setq-default'
or `customize-set-variable'?

ciao, lele.
-- 
nickname: Lele Gaifax | Quando vivrò di quello che ho pensato ieri
real: Emanuele Gaifas | comincerò ad aver paura di chi mi copia.
lele@metapensiero.it  |                 -- Fortunato Depero, 1929.




  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-12  8:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-29 18:47 which one to use: custom-set-variables, customize-set-variable, or customize-set-value? Alan Schmitt
2015-11-29 19:19 ` Drew Adams
2015-11-30  8:52   ` Alan Schmitt
2015-11-30 15:20     ` Drew Adams
2015-11-30 15:44       ` Alan Schmitt
2015-12-11 18:23       ` Lele Gaifax
2015-12-11 18:53         ` Drew Adams
2015-12-12  8:31           ` Lele Gaifax [this message]
2015-12-12 12:09             ` tomas
2015-12-12 13:31               ` Lele Gaifax
2015-12-12 16:11             ` Drew Adams
2015-12-13  8:17               ` tomas
2015-12-13 17:32                 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-14  2:44                   ` B.V. Raghav
2015-12-14  8:28                   ` Lele Gaifax

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