From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin.fischer@boschrexroth.de Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: customize-variable Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:38:19 +0100 Organization: Bosch Rexroth AG Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042444050 15116 80.91.224.249 (13 Jan 2003 07:47:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18XzJg-0003ve-00 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:47:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XzIG-00017t-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:46:00 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!peernews3.colt.net!news0.de.colt.net!news1.boschrexroth.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.110.246.13 Original-X-Trace: loghost1.eu.boschrexroth.com 1042443676 20111 10.110.246.13 (13 Jan 2003 07:41:16 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@eu.boschrexroth.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WXQKVQEx0kTACV6jYQgLK6dW+24= User-Agent: Emacs Gnus Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108894 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5423 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5423 hi, very useful: http://www.gci-net.com/users/j/johnw/Emacs/initsplit.el has a sort option (cvs). martin "SZ" == Shao Zhang writes: SZ> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:53:19 +1100 SZ> SZ> Hi, SZ> SZ> I really hate to use customize-variable, but sometimes I have to use it SZ> coz I have no idea what the variable's format is. SZ> SZ> I have my config sorted out nicely into different files like .gnus, SZ> .emacs, and all of them are cvs controlled as well. However, every time I SZ> use customize-variable, it simply inserts the information randomly to a SZ> customize block, I had to manually move them around, or cut into SZ> different files in order to keep them readable. And it even get worse SZ> when cvs merge my config changes from different machines. SZ> SZ> So how does everybody else live with customize-variable? SZ> SZ> Thanks SZ> SZ> Shao.