Re: [dortmann@lsil.com: emacs customization suggestion: 'customize-existing']

[Daniel Ortmann <dortmann@lsil.com>]

Can this be extended to handle the customization settings in a system
wide way?


storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> > Problem Solved:
> > 
> >     Moving a laptop between the office and home requires customization
> >     changes in gnus, for example.  The variables which need to change
> >     are in different groups, however, and are hard to find.
> 
> 
> For that specific problem, I use the following code snippet at the
> top of my .emacs file:
> 
> [At home my laptop gets an IP address in the 10.22.33 subnet;
>  while at work, I get something else]
> 
> (setq at-home-p
>       (if (fboundp 'network-interface-info)
> 	  (let* ((info (network-interface-info "eth0"))
> 		 (ip (and info (car info))))
> 	    (and ip
> 		 (= (aref ip 0) 10)
> 		 (= (aref ip 1) 22)
> 		 (= (aref ip 2) 33)))))
> 
> Then I simply add tests 
> 
>  (if at-home-p ...home_setup...   ...work_setup...)
> 
> around settings (like which SMTP server to use) that differs
> at home and at work.
> 
> -- 
> Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
> 

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