From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Mastro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:09:48 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1502436066.2568371.1070085968.1D25E0E7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87tw1ekxgo.fsf@127.0.0.1> <867ey9sva2.fsf@zoho.com> <86378xskth.fsf@zoho.com> <20170812073057.GB20873@tuxteam.de> <86bmnlqlic.fsf@zoho.com> <20170812080204.GC20873@tuxteam.de> <867ey9qf0q.fsf@zoho.com> <87wp69jcjt.fsf@fliptop> <864lt8eb36.fsf@zoho.com> <0ca481f1-e676-4521-8282-9127082663c7@default> <86zib0cvr9.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502842255 15830 195.159.176.226 (16 Aug 2017 00:10:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:10:55 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 16 02:10:48 2017 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 1dhlv6-0003ft-2x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2017 02:10:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54731 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhlvC-0007i6-Gt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:10:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60045) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhluV-0007eV-Tt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhluU-0001EI-LD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qt0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22b]:34637) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dhluU-0001Dq-7I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qt0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id s6so12917991qtc.1 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:10:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=BvfOpZvTr5QWxlIzlDaCxGzkDYT3wKXotKYQCkWNDMQ=; b=F7zAOqYltXnVagrBcXqT/aRHx0nEbGchNLtz765ykw6cy0nC6fyI6wiJDROvojHFel oYDMj2xgs+Egm5FpoyMZ75EVVTFX2+SCsyIQKJU91dO1EQmNwWe+lsEsAXRwF0pdKTsa nvajnc5c8hig7knaNomrjQRLZbMCH+fHUYBeOiXwi/xTqejwT76iptYjbN7p+tNIJ38m OpH5EN6Sute1K+t4g6G4kPBqv9V85jHVW4gZYpnzkftGPEDTMobbjSG/bGmLOCUPnyex JZLnyAR6IwFwPh/vcB23i/7MNOqwyy0LbOOVtHUjnFH3bTrJBkFVNo7yQ4kiQiyyM1XF 6qBg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=BvfOpZvTr5QWxlIzlDaCxGzkDYT3wKXotKYQCkWNDMQ=; b=oVw76HTbzkqfbj12WA9jw2/SYJsVuMlMC/NB7fkSOHyufBFZqTgYIgZ1oMEVfuMoVk +jjbVVgcEwQRYcKBW2hIjxTnxhcuLgWAppenL5vXGGqrrriuY5EURI13QLkPSuRNjHpw MW0lWDApy3i2JlvCn0fg8qYfgTsPA+j7uMwuMnY3YrzaiuZHFOZg5U9KbfLzD0oJ3Bm+ JX2eZkzmllQ52TTB++ZweopP8SplkbuyGtaPlkLoD+v5E4Ose2k2fYv15JTtV/Q50jCo yDomPcft5NzuozITYGGbdH8LFsHZetKwc3K5sD+c3uRy+HqeqoT1NVMPpf81Umh0uncF rtKg== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5hzj9ZFcvM4iaNPRRKBaeP4SXqdTQr2fmafVrZyWbQ3GE2pe1wS q3IevDRdXrHX7FUGUmhjmXxHl+/dngDF0oc= X-Received: by 10.200.38.212 with SMTP id 20mr40121554qtp.112.1502842209409; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.200.15.156 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:09:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22b 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:114054 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: >> > Hint, it's called `customize-set-variable', >> > not `customize-setq-variable'. ;-) >> > You need to quote the symbol, if you want to >> > pass a literal symbol. >> >> I'm already starting to dislike this whole idea even more... > > What whole idea? Lisp? `set'? Symbols? > Functions that evaluate their arguments? > > (defmacro my-custom-setq (variable value) > "..." > `(customize-set-variable ',variable ,value)) > > (macroexpand '(my-custom-setq fill-column (1+ 41))) > > --> (customize-set-variable 'fill-column (1+ 41)) You could even use something like the `csetq' defined here: https://oremacs.com/2015/01/17/setting-up-ediff/ John