From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes. Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:04:41 -0500 Message-ID: <87mzirasc6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <200512210254.jBL2sj814876@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87d5jqrvuo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512212219.jBLMJ3R29494@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87lkydx021.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512220351.jBM3pvX02615@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <8764phpyvf.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512230029.jBN0TgT16314@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <1135392570.183714.29626.nullmailer@Update.UU.SE> <87y82b5dpr.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512240455.jBO4tLV03420@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135407978 6841 80.91.229.2 (24 Dec 2005 07:06:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:06:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ams@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 24 08:06:16 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq3Tq-0002UO-Ir for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:06:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq3Uv-0000DX-N4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:07:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq3Ta-0000Cc-Tk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:05:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq3TW-0000Bh-UO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:05:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq3TV-0000BT-3U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:05:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [18.95.6.18] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eq3Ss-0005vi-Vg; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:05:15 -0500 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A6B361E42EA; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:04:41 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200512240455.jBO4tLV03420@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:55:21 -0600 (CST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:48298 Archived-At: Luc Teirlinck writes: > My personal opinion is that the "Set for Current Session" and "Reset > to Current" buttons are superfluous. > > "Set for Current Session" is so you will not have to remember to set > it back before you exit Emacs, nor to which value you wanted to set it > back to (remember that some values you set through Custom can be long > and complex). > > "Reset to Current" is so that if you mess up a long and complex value > by editing it, you can safely discard your edits. I know what those buttons do. My point is that they're not very useful, while making it harder to figure out how to use the Customize buffer.