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Re: defcustom :version
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Luc Teirlinck |
Subject: |
Re: defcustom :version |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:47:37 -0600 (CST) |
Bill Wohler wrote:
Unless, of course, folks think is reasonable and proper that large
independent packages that happen to be bundled with Emacs can use their
versions with the defcustom :version keyword.
No, because that would give problems with `customize-changed'. For
packages included with the Emacs distribution the :version keyword
should be the first released version of Emacs that contains the
defcustom with its current standard value. Note however that a
defcustom needs no :version keyword if the :version is the same as
that of the defgroup. Defcustoms in packages not distributed with
Emacs should have no :version keyword.
`M-x customize-changed RET 21.4 RET' is supposed to show the user all
defcustoms that were added, or whose standard value changed, in Emacs
22.1. That is the main purpose of the :version keyword. Of course,
the fact that you get a 2811 line long Custom buffer limits the
usefulness of this feature. Once upon a time, when Emacs releases
used to be much more frequent than they are now, `M-x customize-changed'
was one of the most useful things to do when a new Emacs version came out.
Sincerely,
Luc.
- defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/10
- Re: defcustom :version,
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- Re: defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/11
- Re: defcustom :version, Richard Stallman, 2006/03/12
- Re: defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/12
- Re: defcustom :version, Richard Stallman, 2006/03/13
- Re: defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/13
- Re: defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/28
- Re: defcustom :version, Richard Stallman, 2006/03/29
- Re: defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/29
- Re: defcustom :version, Luc Teirlinck, 2006/03/29
- Re: defcustom :version, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/30