From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39887: 26.3; Customize buffer does not show type expected Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:48:29 +0100 Message-ID: <877drcu09e.fsf@gnus.org> References: <2b1287b530e902d23c7c28cdd05dbf482ec97450.camel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7523"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 39887@debbugs.gnu.org To: dalanicolai@gmail.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 26 22:49:18 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAMg-0001qT-G6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:49:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35364 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAMf-0001bQ-IU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:49:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAMQ-0001KZ-RN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58447) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAMQ-00036I-Es for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAMQ-0005HO-CI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39887 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 39887-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39887.160374892020254 (code B ref 39887); Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39887) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Oct 2020 21:48:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41757 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAM4-0005Gb-Jh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:48:40 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:48104) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kXAM2-0005GN-V7 for 39887@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:48:39 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=aWDFvP0zhL+4hU3xxt+4P1unK9yCEz2LIIJlUgZqFNI=; b=G/ONT9RwHRxDhIXbr+QpJTMpJ0 xkIIiN+uhIjwOw29QYgaaZhLv8/aLm1jVxU3zSFPrLadydlpdp59jlb8tPJ8PVS17LW9n0CzasBNy fK3oSCryn/64KWSQMAXCIetPqMVmZq9nhp72y5jPCD+QpXOD5HO/EpfRPq8zJ8hajNJE=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kXALu-0006Lv-9d; Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:48:32 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Prince's _Sign 'O' the Times (1)_: "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker" In-Reply-To: <2b1287b530e902d23c7c28cdd05dbf482ec97450.camel@gmail.com> (dalanicolai@gmail.com's message of "Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:06:25 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:191672 Archived-At: dalanicolai@gmail.com writes: > The title already explains the bug. It would be great if the customize > buffer shows which type of variable is expected. Although the :type > keyword is included in the defcustom declaration, it is not shown in > the customization buffer which type is expected. If the wrong type is > filled in then the only error message given is "(mismatch)". Quite > some package writers do not - additionally - document their variables. The Customize buffer is supposed to be a user-friendly, easy interface to use, and displaying types like (alist :key-type symbol :value-type (choice symbol integer)) which only would make sense to a programmer would be the wrong way to go here. The Customize interface already tries to guide the users as much as the type spec allows. I'm sure there are individual doc strings that could stand improving, though, in which case bug reports for those would be welcome. But I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no