From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize buttons that change user'scustomfileshouldaskforconfirmation Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:01:35 +0100 Message-ID: <011001c51146$6b2aff10$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> References: <200502121845.j1CIj3R19380@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1108243143 7590 80.91.229.2 (12 Feb 2005 21:19:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 12 22:19:02 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D04dv-0002LT-FZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:17:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D04t8-0006iz-9j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:33:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D04rX-0006Oz-7V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:31:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D04rH-0006Hp-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:31:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D04rE-0006GI-W7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:31:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.9.110] (helo=av3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D04Rs-000793-1A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:05:04 -0500 Original-Received: by av3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 229E237E46; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:05:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp1-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp1-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.177]) by av3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1076637E45; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:05:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from sedrcw11488 (t5o58p123.telia.com [195.67.196.123]) by smtp1-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B03A038009; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:05:00 +0100 (CET) Original-To: "Luc Teirlinck" , X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33312 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33312 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Teirlinck" > M-: (setq custom-file "X") > M-x customize > do some editing > save (into X) > M-: (setq custom-file "Y") > get (from ?) > > Question is "from X" or "from Y"? > > Good point. I would think it should be Y. > > Absolutely not. `(setq custom-file "Y")' means that you want Custom to > _write_ to Y. If you want Y to be read you have to load Y. .. > (setq custom-file "Y") > (load custom-file) Is not this a bit of a contradiction? I would not say that the semantic is really clear.