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Re: fancy-splash-screen customize group...


From: Lennart Borgman
Subject: Re: fancy-splash-screen customize group...
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:40:38 +0100
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923)

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

   There is still no clear item telling people how to find customizations
   though.  I think there should be a new item, 'Finding Customizations'.

What would this node contain?
I have attached a suggestion for this (actually in a reply to a previous message where you asked for this). It also changes to

! * Saving Customizations:: How to save customizations in a different file. ! And why they can not be saved when emacs was
!                                 invoked with -Q.

Index: custom.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/man/custom.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.94
diff -c -r1.94 custom.texi
*** custom.texi 9 Dec 2005 00:30:08 -0000       1.94
--- custom.texi 9 Dec 2005 17:38:59 -0000
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*** 206,213 ****
  
  @menu
  * Groups: Customization Groups.   How options are classified in a structure.
  * Changing a Variable::      How to edit a value and set an option.
! * Saving Customizations::    Details of saving customizations.
  * Face Customization::       How to edit the attributes of a face.
  * Specific Customization::   Making a customization buffer for specific
                                  variables, faces, or groups.
--- 206,216 ----
  
  @menu
  * Groups: Customization Groups.   How options are classified in a structure.
+ * Searching for Options::    How to search for options using regexps.
  * Changing a Variable::      How to edit a value and set an option.
! * Saving Customizations::    How to save customizations in a different file.
!                                 And why they can not be saved when emacs was
!                                 invoked with -Q.
  * Face Customization::       How to edit the attributes of a face.
  * Specific Customization::   Making a customization buffer for specific
                                  variables, faces, or groups.
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*** 291,296 ****
--- 294,307 ----
  that group and its contents, just that variable, or just that face.
  This is the way to set values in it.
  
+ @node Searching for Options
+ @subsection Searching for Options
+ 
+   You can search for customization options and groups by name using
+ regular expressions. The search functions are available in the menus
+ under Options - Customize Emacs.  See also the function
+ customize-apropos in (@pxref{Specific Customization}).
+ 
  @node Changing a Variable
  @subsection Changing a Variable
  
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*** 609,615 ****
  Set up a customization buffer with just one group, @var{group}.
  @item M-x customize-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
! that match @var{regexp}.
  @item M-x customize-changed-options @key{RET} @var{version} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
  whose meaning has changed since Emacs version @var{version}.
--- 620,628 ----
  Set up a customization buffer with just one group, @var{group}.
  @item M-x customize-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
! that match @var{regexp}. There are also more specific functions:
! customize-apropos-options, customize-apropos-faces and
! customize-apropos-groups.
  @item M-x customize-changed-options @key{RET} @var{version} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
  whose meaning has changed since Emacs version @var{version}.

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