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From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
To: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,
	Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
	uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
	<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Saving variables for use between emacs sessions
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:51:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9NtSR1Mo-D0FKDHQrU7DS26HNA_Bzp59Tgk_tXgVrNdUBd_k7tmn3TDbA-nZ2ttXKMq1cZYjgsQaGuxbY5ngGZoUg1QAwumZu3BL7Slg8z8=@proton.me> (raw)
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------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, September 15th, 2022 at 1:26 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:


> On 2022-09-15, at 14:49, Robert Pluim rpluim@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:46:57 +0000, Drew Adams drew.adams@oracle.com said:
> > 
> > >> How can I save variable that can be reused between emacs sessions?
> > Drew> Lots of ways. Some:
> > 
> > Drew> 1. savehist.el
> > Drew> 2. desktop.el
> > Drew> 3. Bookmark+ bookmark variable-list bookmark
> > 
> > Drew> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BookmarkPlus#FunctionSequenceVarlistBookmarks
> > 
> > Drew> 4. If it's a user option (defcustom), then in your `custom-file' (or init file).
> > 
> > And in emacs-29, `define-multisession-variable', although thatʼs
> > intended more for packages than user config.
> 
> 
> Also, the `persist' package.

Right, I want to have a user option, but although I want to allow a user to set the value,
I also would like to set a value in an automatic way, using a function that does the 
necessary calculations, and stares the answer in the variable.

How does one let a user change a value, and how can I save it automatically as well?





  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-09-15 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-15 10:54 Saving variables for use between emacs sessions uzibalqa
2022-09-15 11:46 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-15 12:49   ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-15 13:26     ` Marcin Borkowski
2022-09-15 14:57       ` Drew Adams
2022-09-15 16:51       ` uzibalqa [this message]
2022-09-15 17:23         ` Drew Adams
2022-09-16  0:56           ` uzibalqa
2022-09-16  2:19             ` Drew Adams
2022-09-16  2:40               ` uzibalqa
2022-09-16  7:30                 ` Jean Louis
2022-09-16  8:05                   ` uzibalqa

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