Re: Customize buttons that change user's customfileshouldaskforconfirmation

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>     I don't know if "S =>" imply that [1] we actually read the values from
> the
>     custom-file (e.g. .emacs) or if [2] it just restores the value that was
>     initially read from that file, or [3] the last value that was written by
>     this emacs to that file.
>
> What is the difference between [1] and [3]?

If custom-file is updated by another emacs instance, [1] != [3].

>     If it implies reading from the file, this could be used to load
>     values from a diffent custom-file (to see what they are) before
>     actually using them.
>
> No way to do that has yet been proposed. S=>F means to get the values from
> the  custom-set* in the user's .emacs (custom file). There is currently no
> way to designate a different library to use as the source of `saved'
> settings.


M-: (setq custom-file "X")
M-x customize
do some editing
save (into X)
M-: (setq custom-file "Y")
get (from ?)

Question is "from X" or "from Y"?

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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk