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Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs
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John Mastro |
Subject: |
Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:07:53 -0700 |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> You could therefore use `customize-set-variable', but my
>> preference is generally to view the variable's definition,
>> see whether a custom setter is defined, and
>> decide if I need to do anything about it.
>
> That's fine. Extra work, in general, but it shouldn't hurt,
> at least not in the short term.
>
> Not sure why you would prefer that, but it sounds like it is so
> that if you find you can get away with `setq' in some case then
> you prefer to use that. Is that it?
To be honest, I suppose I just find the whole customize mechanism a bit
ugly. If I need to e.g. call a function to recompute some things after
setting a variable, I'd rather do that directly.
Of course it doesn't generally make sense to give much weight to such a
vague aesthetic concern, but in this case it's cost me very little so
far to humor myself.
> And what if the library changes the `:set' function and you
> upgrade? I'm not being facetious - I really don't see the
> advantage/motivation.
Something in my configuration would break and eventually I'd realize it
and fix it :)
It's obviously a valid concern, but in practice it's never been an issue
in the 6-7 years I've been using Emacs so far. That's not very long
relative to Emacs, so I admit my practice is likely to allow some sort
of problem at some point.
John
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, (continued)
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/15
- RE: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Drew Adams, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/15
- RE: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Drew Adams, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, John Mastro, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Robert Thorpe, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, John Mastro, 2017/08/15
- RE: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Drew Adams, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs,
John Mastro <=
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/15
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/12
- RE: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Drew Adams, 2017/08/12
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/12
- RE: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Drew Adams, 2017/08/12
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/11
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/14
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/14
- Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2017/08/14