From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: multiple queries to delete excess backup version w/ custom Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:09:12 +0100 Message-ID: <4780FD28.2080908@gmx.at> References: <477EB51F.3050003@gmx.at> <477EBD26.5060709@gmx.at> <477F5A39.1070904@gmx.at> <478004AF.80907@gmx.at> <66a8b7a0801051546m29e9cc07p84b991a16e59ace@mail.gmail.com> <4780A8CA.2000200@gmx.at> <66a8b7a0801060526v422437f7wac91df8dda849476@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199637837 15101 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2008 16:43:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Per Abrahamsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 06 17:44:18 2008 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 1JBYbh-0000Eu-Nx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:44:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBYbK-0000Hw-SY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:43:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBYaT-0007u7-6r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:43:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBYaR-0007sa-Fk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:43:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBYaR-0007sX-8V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:42:59 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBYaQ-0003Ra-W9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:42:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBYaQ-0004xa-NM for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:42:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBYaN-0003Qk-FW for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:42:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBYaN-0003QY-2K for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:42:55 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Jan 2008 16:42:53 -0000 Original-Received: from M3165P014.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [88.117.43.142]) [88.117.43.142] by mail.gmx.net (mp056) with SMTP; 06 Jan 2008 17:42:53 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19LKHRoEEZL7MtAherBiWzeGJ3Do1v3CH2wvJwZEs 5JShzSq90FauE4 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en In-Reply-To: <66a8b7a0801060526v422437f7wac91df8dda849476@mail.gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:86341 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20525 Archived-At: > The problem is that the functions used for implementing the > :custom-save method, such as custom-variable-save, are also sometimes > used in contexts where you want to save the option immediately. These > places the function should be split into one that marks only (and is > used as the :custom-save (or :custom-mark-for--saving) method), and > one that additionally calls custom-save-all. Thanks for the clarification. Can you enumerate (some of) the instances where I "want to save the option immediately"? For example, `custom-group-save' currently does not call `custom-save-all' and seems to rely on `custom-variable-save' and `custom-face-save' to do that.