From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Infrastructure for packages to suggest customizations Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:37:06 -0500 Message-ID: References: <877dn8bytq.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17578"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 16 03:41:55 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lBqJH-0004UC-6F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:41:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33714 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lBqJG-0001ZJ-5f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:41:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lBqEq-0002qO-Dp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:37:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:52744) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lBqEo-0002Rb-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:37:20 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 0325E80E12; Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:37:16 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 863E580976; Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:37:14 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1613443034; bh=MlW0E9LM8PfN8HyX5UgNX9GwILiEsvteP8tilhQdKP4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=JNO4XOA0n2jhAI6eMmFpi7DIe3U9j2hNQwAcF7w6ppwjlQ0XX+t3TvOM5hWRJy/Yf pTomje+50Af0ou9YPttJjvJExz3n1ne06W0Z8ROL+ts2IREhxN7rRdvavygGQdu/Ro f4mHb7nK6OaVqqPa7EMsGvUSMLnjFhnjrRDBMAh2I4R9IzR0SxAspXkbBly7OFDW6a 0Byu1Lc+sFauDXgWDnN6F1No6NsTOtyQCQz36hgvfINlwBpDuvkC7jo6og6eZXkq5T tSxwqYygOfz6/06hpNMrjM2BMc/E9k0MV+mJ6ffCbKy4FHsUS8fROq197OxxdK8elX 2NTGxwqA83Nzg== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.41.47]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37E36120497; Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:37:14 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <877dn8bytq.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Tue, 16 Feb 2021 02:12:17 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:264866 Archived-At: > in the recent discussion on reserving a keymap for packages, I proposed > extending package.el to support a sort of formal specification of what a > user should or could customize. As there were some supportive comments, > I attempted to improve on an earlier proof-of-concept[0], resulting in > the attached patch. Thanks. Could we "simply" make it a Custom group? For keys I'd imagine something like (defcustom avy-global-goto-key nil :group 'suggestions :type 'key-sequence :options '("C-:") :set (lambda (symbol value) (if value (global-set-key value 'avy-goto-char)))) > Part of my intention was to generate code that can easily be changed > and adapted by the user (unlike custom-set-variables), so I don't > analyse the files themselves. This might not look nice in some cases, > but then again, these people are probably not the ones using this > feature I don't understand what you mean to say here, sorry. Stefan