Re: Buttons for M-x customize-*

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 12 2005, Ralf Angeli wrote:
>
>> [...]  Check for example the result of `M-x customize-face RET
>> highlight RET'.
>>
>> In my opinion it would be better if the given function were called
>> exactly instead of `customize-apropos'.  The attached patch
>> accomplishes this.  The patch also removes support for "custom:" and
>> "custom:/" type urls which I've never seen before.
>
> According to the ChangeLog, I've added the support for "custom:/?"
> because it we previously suggested by Simon:
> <http://mid.gmane.org/iluheuqpqpa.fsf%40barbar.josefsson.org>
> <http://thread.gmane.org/v9it13c9od.fsf%40marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de>
> But I don't recall that I ever saw "custom:" URLs in the wild; Simon
> did you?

No.  Since it is not registered, we should either register it or
remove it.  I'm not sure custom: URLs are that useful, so removing it
is probably fine.

Ralf Angeli <angeli@iwi.uni-sb.de> writes:

> * Reiner Steib (2005-12-12) writes:
>
>> Unless there are other suggestions, I'll install Ralf's patch.
>
> One additional thought: The function `gnus-button-handle-custom' in
> the patch is so generic now that it could probably be called something
> like `gnus-button-funcall-on-strings'.  If it should be named like
> that, I'll change its interface so that it can accept an arbitrary
> number of arguments just like `funcall'.

I think this would be better.