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bug#47119: 28.0.50; [patch][Dired] new user option for compressing dir s
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#47119: 28.0.50; [patch][Dired] new user option for compressing dir suffix |
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Tue, 25 May 2021 06:56:55 +0200 |
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> I also wonder how useful it is to say eg "the default nil means .tar"
> rather than just making the default value be ".tar"?
> (Spotted because the custom :type did not allow for nil.)
Yes, defaulting to .tar/.gz in these two variables does sound more regular.
LinSun <lin.sun@zoom.us> writes:
> The nil is useful for distinguish default value from custom setting value.
You can have non-nil default values -- the defcustom machinery keeps
track of what the defaults are.
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