From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: custom: how do I augment an option?
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:56:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zk5473qz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
If I want to set a custom variable, I can do
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(custom-set-variables
'(foo 42))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
in my .emacs.
However, if I want to modify the custom variable, I have to resort to
something like
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(add-hook 'message-load-hook
(lambda ()
(add-to-list 'message-syntax-checks
'(long-lines . disabled))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
because
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(custom-set-variables
'(message-syntax-checks (adjoin '(long-lines . disabled)
message-syntax-checks
:key 'equal)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
will evaluate `message-syntax-checks' too early:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable message-syntax-checks)
(adjoin (quote (long-lines . disabled)) message-syntax-checks :key (quote equal))
eval((adjoin (quote (long-lines . disabled)) message-syntax-checks :key (quote equal)))
custom-initialize-reset(message-syntax-checks (if message-insert-canlock (quote ((sender . disabled))) nil))
custom-declare-variable(message-syntax-checks...
byte-code...
require(message)
byte-code...
gnus-msg-mail(nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil)
compose-mail(nil nil nil nil)
call-interactively(compose-mail nil nil)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
(it also uses a CL function which emacs purists frown upon).
So, how do I use the custom facility to add something to a custom variable?
Thanks!
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next reply other threads:[~2012-09-05 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-05 17:56 Sam Steingold [this message]
2012-09-05 18:27 ` custom: how do I augment an option? Jambunathan K
2012-09-05 19:18 ` Sam Steingold
2012-09-05 20:04 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-05 20:45 ` Sam Steingold
2012-09-05 21:15 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-05 21:27 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.8164.1346872698.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-09-06 13:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-06 13:37 ` Drew Adams
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