From: Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: which one to use: custom-set-variables, customize-set-variable, or customize-set-value?
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:52:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2610j27k2.fsf@polytechnique.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b37bab4b-366e-499e-ac8b-3d3cc2bfd2d6@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:19:10 -0800 (PST)")
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Hello Drew,
On 2015-11-29 20:19, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> I recently read a message where, if I read it correctly, it was
>> recommended to use `customize-set-variable' and `customize-set-value'
>> to change settings in an init file while playing nice with the
>> custom system. I looked at their documentation and I have trouble
>> understanding how they differ. I see there is also
>> `custom-set-variables' which has a different signature.
>>
>> So my question is: should I use `setq', `customize-set-variable',
>> `customize-set-value', or `custom-set-variables' to change in my
>> init file variables that exist in the custom ecosystem?
>
> Good question! Here is my understanding, which might not be
> 100% correct:
Thank you for the explanation. For the moment I'm sticking with
`customize-set-variable' and I'll see if I get in trouble.
> I agree that the doc is not very clear. Recently I forgot
> that `customize-set-value' does not use the defcustom's :set
> function, and I was bitten by the fact that it does not.
I'm curious about this: what is the scenario where this can be
a problem?
Thanks,
Alan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-30 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-29 18:47 which one to use: custom-set-variables, customize-set-variable, or customize-set-value? Alan Schmitt
2015-11-29 19:19 ` Drew Adams
2015-11-30 8:52 ` Alan Schmitt [this message]
2015-11-30 15:20 ` Drew Adams
2015-11-30 15:44 ` Alan Schmitt
2015-12-11 18:23 ` Lele Gaifax
2015-12-11 18:53 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-12 8:31 ` Lele Gaifax
2015-12-12 12:09 ` tomas
2015-12-12 13:31 ` Lele Gaifax
2015-12-12 16:11 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-13 8:17 ` tomas
2015-12-13 17:32 ` Drew Adams
2015-12-14 2:44 ` B.V. Raghav
2015-12-14 8:28 ` Lele Gaifax
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