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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
To: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Customisation system: :type is not checked
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:22:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV--x1iayx9GrPH-1o8w8dpzJQ3yk7CKR8DDkf8Mav7DZkQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86bloqn1ku.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>

On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 17:44, H. Dieter Wilhelm
<dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> wrote:

> (defcustom apdl-ansys-launcher nil

>   :type '(file :must-match t)

> MUST be a file and should even match an existing file.  But this
> statement is not checked from the widget!  I can set the value to any
> string.  What am I doing wrong or is my disappointment justified?

It's been reported as a bug. Someone reported there that the file
existence is only checked from M-x customize-set-value

https://debbugs.gnu.org/25678



  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-21 14:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-20 21:44 Customisation system: :type is not checked H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-03-21 14:22 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2020-03-21 17:28   ` H. Dieter Wilhelm

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