From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: How to obtain customize :type for an option at runtime? Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:25:39 -0800 Message-ID: References: <8764o4dkpi.fsf@thunk.shootybangbang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138518462 27739 80.91.229.2 (29 Jan 2006 07:07:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 29 08:07:39 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F36es-0004xR-QT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:07:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F36hm-0002FI-9r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:10:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F30ie-0000XU-EQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F30KE-0005F3-IS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:21:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2zUp-0003g2-T7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:28:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1F2zSr-00027A-PK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:26:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k0SNPhlX025735 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:25:43 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k0SNPgEK008107 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:25:42 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-72-146.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.72.146]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k0SNPfbm008096 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:25:42 -0700 Original-To: "Help-Gnu-Emacs" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <8764o4dkpi.fsf@thunk.shootybangbang.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32888 Archived-At: > How can I determine, for a given user option, what its > Customize :type is? Examine its `custom-type' property. Thanks a lot John-Paul - just what I needed. I guess this is another one of those things that you need to search the source code to find - it's not in the Elisp manual.