From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5358: 23.1; Adding comment loses customizations in progress Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 07:29:56 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455809482 21308 80.91.229.3 (18 Feb 2016 15:31:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5358@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andrew Hyatt Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 18 16:31:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aWQXw-0005gk-0f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:31:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42475 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aWQXs-0000xv-9S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Thu, 18 Feb 2016 07:29:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Andrew Hyatt's message of "Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:48:33 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:113242 Archived-At: There's an choice in the customization UI on emacsen < 24.5 that lets you add a comment to any customization, but now I don't see it. Apparently that feature was dropped :( on Tue Feb 16 2016, Andrew Hyatt wrote: > Sorry, I don't understand this bug report. What do you mean by adding > comments? > > David Abrahams writes: > >> Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers >> usually do not have translators to read other languages for them. >> >> Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org mailing list, >> and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group. >> >> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug >> and the precise symptoms of the bug: >> >> Using the customization interface, I can make a change to a variable, >> then try to add a comment before saving. When I do that, the changes >> I've already made are lost. >> >> If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, >> please include the output from the following gdb commands: >> `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. >> If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file >> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/etc/DEBUG for instructions. >> >> >> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54) >> of 2009-08-16 on black.local >> Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038 >> configured using `configure '--with-ns'' >> >> Important settings: >> value of $LC_ALL: nil >> value of $LC_COLLATE: nil >> value of $LC_CTYPE: nil >> value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil >> value of $LC_MONETARY: nil >> value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil >> value of $LC_TIME: nil >> value of $LANG: nil >> value of $XMODIFIERS: nil >> locale-coding-system: nil >> default-enable-multibyte-characters: t >> >> Major mode: Custom >> >> Minor modes in effect: >> diff-auto-refine-mode: t >> shell-dirtrack-mode: t >> show-paren-mode: t >> server-mode: t >> global-auto-revert-mode: t >> delete-selection-mode: t >> tooltip-mode: t >> mouse-wheel-mode: t >> menu-bar-mode: t >> file-name-shadow-mode: t >> global-font-lock-mode: t >> font-lock-mode: t >> global-auto-composition-mode: t >> auto-composition-mode: t >> auto-encryption-mode: t >> auto-compression-mode: t >> line-number-mode: t >> transient-mark-mode: t >> >> Recent input: >> C-n C-n C-p C-p C-. C-. C-. C-b C-b C-n C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-e 0 C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p >> C-p C-p C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p >> C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p >> C-p C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-p C-p C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-a C-p C-. C-. C-, >> 7 C-n C-n C-n C-e M-< C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-e C-p C-e >> 0 C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-p C-p >> C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-x C-s C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n >> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p >> C-q C-j I SPC r e a l l y SPC d o n ' t >> SPC w a n t SPC t o SPC s e t e >> e SPC H T M L S-SPC u n l e s s SPC i t >> h a t ' s SPC a l l SPC t h e r e SPC i s . >> C-c C-c C-x C-s C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p >> C-p C-p M-x r e p o r b >> >> Recent messages: >> Mark set [2 times] >> Saving file /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el... >> Wrote /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el >> Compiling /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el...done >> Wrote /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.elc >> Saving file /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el... >> Wrote /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el >> Compiling /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el...done >> Wrote /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.elc >> Making completion list... -- -Dave