Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Re: [AUCTeX-diffs] Changes to auctex/tex.el

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * David Kastrup (2005-04-07) writes:
>
>> Perhaps the default value should be changed to nil then?
>
> It should not make a difference if the default is nil or something
> else.  Changing it to nil would simply indicate that it is to be set
> somewhere else.  That's probably what you are intending.
>
>> Presumably with the current code something would have to be wrong
>> or inconsistent now when it does not get set before it is used.
>
> At least before I began fiddling with it, yes.

Oh, and it should not be defined with defcustom.  There is no use in
confusing people by allowing them to customize a variable whose
default value never gets consulted.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum