From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/62206 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: defcustom :version Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:02:04 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200603110502.k2B524C10905@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <15499.1142047137@olgas.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142053657 19115 80.91.229.2 (11 Mar 2006 05:07:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 11 06:07:35 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHwK9-0000rv-6C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:07:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHwK8-0003fi-9x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:07:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FHwJu-0003Zg-J1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FHwJt-0003Vq-LG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHwJt-0003VO-Fv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:07:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FHwNL-0002P9-1J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:10:47 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2B57Cor004537; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:07:12 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id k2B524C10905; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:02:04 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: wohler@newt.com In-reply-to: <15499.1142047137@olgas.newt.com> (message from Bill Wohler on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:18:57 -0800) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:07:12 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:51456 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:62206 Archived-At: >>From my previous message: Of course, the fact that you get a 2811 line long Custom buffer limits the usefulness of this feature. Plus, if you have a slow machine, it might take a while before you get to see that buffer and plenty of files will be loaded. So the feature is definitely not as useful and convenient any more as it used to be, but it still exists and it uses the :version keyword. Sincerely, Luc.