From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: You can set this variable in your initialization file. Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206993054 23214 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 19:50:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:50:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 21:51:24 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JgQ1t-0004VG-Ct for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:50:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQ1H-0003kf-Eg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQ19-0003hN-Sw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQ17-0003dn-9j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgQ16-0003dG-Uz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgQ16-0001ez-Iw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JgQ15-0003dC-Sb; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:03 -0400 X-Spook: hackers ASO Uzi Exon Shell Kh-11 Ermes Compsec subversive X-Ran: +eYHW#tPp6iMuGhf==0UdFzUv;ZJoqFL&ZN{im:Q.sT:0}d:5~'v@T)kr~}mDb8rr2ohni X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:94064 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > I think this "feature" is a misfeature. > > Many variables cannot usefully be set in the .emacs file and yet C-h v > keeps telling me "You can set this variable in your initialization > file". > > Either we fix it to do the right thing (i.e. only say it when it's > true), or we should remove it. +1 It seems totally useless at present (what was it supposed to do?). (setq foo 1) C-h v foo You can set this variable in your initialization file. Wow, lucky me... I would just get rid of it and leave the "You can customize this variable" message. Shouldn't anything that anyone can usefully set be a defcustom?