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Re: customize-apropos
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Luc Teirlinck |
Subject: |
Re: customize-apropos |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:56:36 -0600 (CST) |
Drew Adams wrote:
IOW, your argument is really an argument for not showing anything
in a Custom buffer that is not customizable. That might be
reasonable, but it is not the current policy.
I believe that it _is_ the current policy not to show any variable in
a Custom buffer that is not defined with defcustom. That is exactly
why I installed my patch to customize-apropos. The numeric argument
is just a way for a super-sophisticated user to override that policy.
I personally do not care about that numeric argument. I just kept it
because it was there. I would not have put it in myself.
Instead of saying just "NO CUSTOMIZATION DATA; you should not see this"
(which is what I see, in a CVS snapshot from June), a user option should be
labeled as such, with, for example, a message/label such as "You cannot
customize this option, but you can set it with command `set-variable'. That
might be somewhat confusing, but it is more helpful than what is displayed
currently.
No. People should _really_ not see this, unless for some (strange)
reason they very explicitly asked for it. The message is intended for
two kinds of people: the average user and the person who wrote a
defcustom and checks his work. The "you should not see this" tells
the average person to stay away from it and, if he saw it without
doing anything unusual, file a bug report. It tells the programmer
that there is a bug in his defcustom.
Your suggested replacement text is incorrect. If you really know what
you are doing, you _can_, up to a point, customize these variables in
the Custom buffer. Since some things will work and others not, I
would definitely not recommend this for the average user. I also
believe that the usefulness of this feature for advanced users is
limited. I have never used it except out of curiosity.
Sincerely,
Luc.
- customize-apropos, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/12/09
- Re: customize-apropos, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/12/09
- Re: customize-apropos, Kim F. Storm, 2005/12/10
- Re: customize-apropos, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/11
- RE: customize-apropos, Drew Adams, 2005/12/11
- Re: customize-apropos, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/13
- Re: customize-apropos, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/12/13
- RE: customize-apropos, Drew Adams, 2005/12/13
- Re: customize-apropos, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/12/13
- RE: customize-apropos, Drew Adams, 2005/12/13