From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10907: 24.0.94; Updating display of Customize buffer Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:45:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87vcmr6r9a.fsf@escher.home> <87obsj6l48.fsf@escher.home> <87k4367spn.fsf@escher.home> <87fwdu7qqb.fsf@escher.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330544844 1976 80.91.229.3 (29 Feb 2012 19:47:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:47:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10907@debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Berman , Andreas Schwab To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 29 20:47:23 2012 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 1S2pUf-0008Ow-If for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:47:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54669 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pUe-0000JT-TZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:47:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34100) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pUb-0000J9-Hg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:47:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pUW-0000LP-SP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:47:17 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49586) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pUW-0000L8-Ph for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:47:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pUL-000179-Rh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:47:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87vcmr6r9a.fsf@escher.home> Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10907 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10907-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10907.13305447774220 (code B ref 10907); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10907) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Feb 2012 19:46:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56417 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pTU-00015K-0P for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:46:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:50633) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pTI-00014t-1T for 10907@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:45:56 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2pSv-0005Yz-1v; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:45:33 -0500 X-Spook: INSCOM credit card Montenegro SDI Crypto AG Honduras X-Ran: }(Oa0>aL?uwvs?v']:)F$r_,C"ppr@#_Umsuw^)WkfQDg/,Jg@MU}|~R.Iq%QD"?)Fsy0y X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:57406 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > but being able to have a dynamic set of `choice's would be helpful. When might you want to use such a thing, as opposed to having :type a static list that encompasses all possible valid settings? I can only see it being harmful. Eg if you want to compute the :type based on whether some external utility is installed on the system, you could end up with saved settings in ~/.emacs that suddenly become invalid (wrong type) if said utility gets removed from the system.