From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Getting more info on a variable in Customize buffers Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200501022044.j02KiBL08651@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200501041555.j04FtG815571@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104947545 27532 80.91.229.6 (5 Jan 2005 17:52:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:52:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 05 18:52:03 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CmFKE-0000VR-00 for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:52:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CmFVU-0006cl-7Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:03:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CmFUm-0006Rw-BA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:02:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CmFUj-0006Pu-FJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:02:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CmFUj-0006PZ-BF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:02:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [69.168.110.189] (helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CmFIi-0001vP-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:50:28 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Per Abrahamsen on Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:33:06 +0100) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31899 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31899 I guess the name "custom-set-variables" was a mistake. It makes people think of it as a command (like setq), rather than a declaration. ... >>From what you are saying, it is very much a mistake. The symbol responds to `C-h f' (describe-function), which says custom-set-variables is a compiled Lisp function in `custom'. ... Initialize variables according to user preferences. which tells me it is a function like `defvar'. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc