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Re: How to evaluate a function when a defcustom variable is either set o
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Grant Rettke |
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Re: How to evaluate a function when a defcustom variable is either set or saved? |
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Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:40:38 -0500 |
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:39 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
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>> After the set or save occurs, I would like to evaluate a function.
>> The goal of the function is to calculate some runtime values that
>> need to be re-calculated every time that the variable is changed.
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> If you mean every time it is changed using the Customize UI or equivalent
> (`custom*' functions), then just use a :set (and possibly an :initialize)
> keyword in your defcustom.
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> See the Elisp manual, node `Variable Definitions',
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> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Variable-Definitions.html
Thank you Drew.
Makes sense to look at the creation parameters for the variable
instead of the Easy Customize documentation.