From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
To: Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: customize type spec not being followed?
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 12:34:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAArVCkSC53s==hFA-CvbFyyA+nYWErFb8-oU+__paewSLd0Gfw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1c2e5c53-e207-4909-8201-df72b2ced5e5@googlegroups.com>
Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> schrieb am So., 24. Dez. 2017 um 13:10 Uhr:
> On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 5:31:55 PM UTC+5:30, Philipp Stephani
> wrote:
> > Rusi schrieb am So., 24. Dez. 2017 um 12:50 Uhr:
> >
> > >
> > > So my question: When the type says character why does it show as
> integer?
> > >
> >
> > Because characters are integers. See
> >
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Character-Type.html
> > .
>
> In (info "(elisp)simple types")
> we find
>
> ‘character’
> The value must be a character code. A character code is actually
> an integer, but this type shows the value by inserting the
> character in the buffer, rather than by showing the number.
>
Ah, that only describes the behavior of the Customize widget, the help
screen is unrelated. `describe-variable' uses `prin1-to-string', which
doesn't know about customization types.
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2017-12-24 11:46 customize type spec not being followed? Rusi
2017-12-24 12:01 ` Philipp Stephani
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2017-12-24 12:05 ` Rusi
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