From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Persistence of variables Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:12:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87fu4o13mm.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87a7v20xlf.fsf@mbork.pl> <83a7v1lxxz.fsf@gnu.org> <87605p28ma.fsf@mbork.pl> <874ll94uvs.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <77e3430c-8533-4962-92fa-3b87e2226563@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1521997856 7176 195.159.176.226 (25 Mar 2018 17:10:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:10:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 Cc: Eric Abrahamsen , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 25 19:10:51 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1f09AO-0001iQ-Dc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:10:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51969 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f09CR-0004e6-PF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:12:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f09C3-0004dr-1R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:12:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f09By-0002E1-Sb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:52799) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f09By-0002Do-L7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:12:26 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1778BE69E8; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:12:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4Up2sQqqKQda; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:12:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (static-dwadziewiec-jedenpiec7.echostar.pl [109.232.29.157]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 347A5E6700; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:12:23 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <77e3430c-8533-4962-92fa-3b87e2226563@default> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.110.48.8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116277 Archived-At: On 2018-03-21, at 16:12, Drew Adams wrote: >> > But no, way too heavy. I want _one variable_ to persist, and nothing >> > more. >> >> If you already use savehist-mode, you can add your variable to >> savehist-additional-variables. > > There are several possibilities, including these: > > 1. `savehist.el' (what Eric said) > 2. Customize (option value) > 3. Bookmark (e.g., Bookmark+ variable-list bookmark) > 4. Desktop > > If you only want to save one variable, just use an option. One variable, but I don't like Customize. Also, even though I set the type as "directory", autocompletion somehow didn't work for me (in the Customize interface). Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl