From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/62221 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: defcustom :version Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:54:13 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200603121454.k2CEsDf05104@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <15499.1142047137@olgas.newt.com> <200603110447.k2B4lbt10750@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142175588 11023 80.91.229.2 (12 Mar 2006 14:59:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:59:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: wohler@newt.com, ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 12 15:59:45 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 1FIS2o-0001dI-QV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:59:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIS2o-0007hM-Eo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIS2d-0007fn-EG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:59:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIS2b-0007d0-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:59:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIS2b-0007cs-2q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:59:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FIS6I-0001GG-GX; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:03:18 -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 k2CExOTG009775; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:59:24 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id k2CEsDf05104; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:54:13 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:47:03 -0500) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:59:24 -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:51523 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:62221 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: `M-x customize-changed RET 21.4 RET' is supposed to show the user all defcustoms that were added, or whose standard value changed, in Emacs 22.1. That is the main purpose of the :version keyword. Of course, the fact that you get a 2811 line long Custom buffer limits the usefulness of this feature. When a group is new, what does it do? Include all the options in that package, or include one item for that group? It includes only the one item for the group, except that all members of the group that have themselves a :version keyword are also included. Sincerely, Luc.