From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Davis Herring" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mail mode and message mode hooks Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:41:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43906.130.55.118.19.1259700117.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> References: <871vjfwi6a.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87ws167bt0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: herring@lanl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259700147 11294 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2009 20:42:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Chong Yidong" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 01 21:42:20 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NFZYB-00007Y-Ks for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:42:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58237 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZY9-0004Fo-0F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZXz-0004Bt-UW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZXv-00046Z-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49063 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZXv-00046T-20 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from proofpoint2.lanl.gov ([204.121.3.26]:59720) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFZXu-0006X8-PI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailrelay1.lanl.gov (mailrelay1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.101]) by proofpoint2.lanl.gov (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB1KfvkA009017; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:41:57 -0700 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80FD4183B95; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:41:57 -0700 (MST) X-NIE-2-Virus-Scanner: amavisd-new at mailrelay1.lanl.gov Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (webmail1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.106]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E032183B93; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:41:57 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by webmail1.lanl.gov (Postfix, from userid 48) id 6BBE51DE026E; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:41:57 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from 130.55.118.19 (SquirrelMail authenticated user 196434) by webmail.lanl.gov with HTTP; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:41:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ws167bt0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.7.lanl7 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-12-01_08:2009-11-30, 2009-12-01, 2009-12-01 signatures=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:118065 Archived-At: > On further thought, there is a problem with this. If we defvaralias > (e.g.) message-send-hook in message.el, any (add-hook message-send-hook > foo) statement in a user's .emacs file will be overwritten when message.el > is loaded. Why not, just before doing the defvaralias, merge any value the hook has into the hook it is about to alias? Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.