From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize buttons that change user's customfileshouldaskforconfirmation Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:27:31 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1108218399 9890 80.91.229.2 (12 Feb 2005 14:26:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:26:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 12 15:26:38 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CzyED-0001Xg-Lt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:26:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CzyTM-0006oK-U5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:42:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CzySi-0006gV-Bn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:41:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CzySa-0006d7-U9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:41:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CzySa-0006cw-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:41:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CzyF5-0001EF-JY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:27:27 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id A12B447FE5C; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:27:24 +0100 (CET) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:13:46 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33294 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33294 "Drew Adams" 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"? -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk