From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Customize enforcing data relationships? Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:52:51 +0100 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84fzqmvg4s.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: <5l65ri51xo.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84wujy4y7q.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <5l1y264tlu.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045511701 18923 80.91.224.249 (17 Feb 2003 19:55:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18krLu-0004v2-00 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:54:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18krNI-00025W-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:56:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd9e1e995.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9e1e995.dip.t-dialin.net (217.225.233.149) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1045511624 49807708 217.225.233.149 (16 [73968]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.3.50 Cancel-Lock: sha1:5uMMk0Y332xvOWbyQzUjxtNQhdo= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110309 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6808 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6808 "Stefan Monnier " writes: >>> So I don't think the dependency should be specified as part of the >>> `defcustom' but as part of the value instead. >> Can somebody give me the skinny on what you're talking about? I hear >> your words, but the meaning escapes me :-/ What kind of dependency > > If you custom-set A to (bar b) then you'd better make sure that > custom sets B before setting A otherwise you might not get the > result you want. I.e. in such a case B depends on A. You mean, use the value of variable B as (part of) the value of A? I didn't know that was possible. How to do that? -- A turnip curses Elvis