From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24229: 25.1; Can't set EPA program Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:40:50 +0300 Message-ID: <831t1ldrkt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <89B49EC8-8E9C-462F-8E0C-9A6ABC7A8C87@tenpoint.co.nz> <87mvkcqzbf.fsf-ueno@gnu.org> <4B42E5C1-2FC6-471D-9E68-309B1C9DF1FD@tenpoint.co.nz> <83ziobe80q.fsf@gnu.org> <83pop6dv1x.fsf@gnu.org> <83inuydpcx.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471599677 15538 195.159.176.226 (19 Aug 2016 09:41:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:41:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nick@tenpoint.co.nz, 24229-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Daiki Ueno Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 19 11:41:13 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIb-0003ov-2T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:41:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56420 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIY-0000Mv-Bl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:41:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45874) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIS-0000Lc-BY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIP-0006CE-UQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:41:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36167) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIP-0006CA-RC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:41:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIP-00085S-M6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24229 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24229-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D24229.147159965931068 (code D ref 24229); Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24229-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Aug 2016 09:40:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33879 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIN-000852-B7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:40:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54797) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIM-00084q-0E for 24229-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:40:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bagIF-00069h-U7 for 24229-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:40:52 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bagI9-00067h-KL; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:40:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4195 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bagI7-0007Gi-ED; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:40:43 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Daiki Ueno on Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:22:42 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:122385 Archived-At: > From: Daiki Ueno > Cc: Glenn Morris , nick@tenpoint.co.nz, 24229-done@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:22:42 +0200 > > >> It's not uncommon for the doc of Emacs variables to say: > >> > >> Setting this variable directly does not have any effect; > >> instead use \\[customize] or . > >> > >> IMO that's all that's needed here too. > > > > If there's no better way, yes. > > As I really don't have any better idea, I have took the Glenn's > suggestion. In that case, please also document the special meaning of setting the variable to the same value as the default. I think this special meaning is not self-evident without some explicit documentation. Thanks.