From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bad value to a defcustom makes choices unavailable Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:58:35 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200508011758.j71HwZS04956@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <42EE43B6.2090409@student.lu.se> <200508011741.j71HflT04394@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <42EE60DA.6020701@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1122991058 19867 80.91.229.2 (2 Aug 2005 13:57:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 02 12:46:06 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from mail-relay.eunet.no ([193.71.71.242]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzuGJ-0004Wt-NP for ged-emacs-devel@GMANE.ORG; Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:44:43 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by mail-relay.eunet.no (8.13.1/8.13.1/GN) with ESMTP id j71I0jVW022655 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:00:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzecM-00079l-Oq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DzebZ-00079P-OW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DzebZ-00078z-2U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DzebY-00078a-PA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:01:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dzekp-0006j4-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:11:11 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j71Hwbqt003683; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:58:37 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j71HwZS04956; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:58:35 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se In-reply-to: <42EE60DA.6020701@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:50:18 +0200) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:41419 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:41419 Lennart Borgman wrote: Thanks Luc, but would it not be good if the choice menu were still available without adding this? What value would it have to display? The point of the `other' type is to tell Custom what it needs to do if the actual value is not in its list of choices. Sincerely, Luc.