From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: beginner questions Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:45:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1c4b05cc-ce51-4252-96db-29388321b552@default> References: <87eh8d2qxi.fsf@informatimago.com> <87siwt12nd.fsf@informatimago.com> <87fvspyndr.fsf@informatimago.com> <6077a0bb-01ef-412a-a199-5f0c0b322e0e@googlegroups.com> <8761tkzupa.fsf@informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380426372 18040 80.91.229.3 (29 Sep 2013 03:46:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:46:12 +0000 (UTC) To: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 29 05:46:13 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VQ7xT-0006Uc-Aw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 05:46:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43291 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQ7xS-0007WA-Ed for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:46:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQ7xB-0007Vm-95 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:46:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQ7x1-0004oH-Cm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:45:53 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:28000) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQ7x1-0004lv-6X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:45:43 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r8T3jdI7021399 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:45:40 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8T3jZgm007579 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:45:36 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt115.oracle.com (abhmt115.oracle.com [141.146.116.67]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8T3jZGL008253; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:45:35 GMT In-Reply-To: <8761tkzupa.fsf@informatimago.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:93736 Archived-At: > customize-variable is advantageous for the self-documentation of the > thing, and to navigate in the groups of customizable variables. And for proper type checking/control. And in some cases for proper actions taken when initializing or setting.