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Subject: Re: Please unbundle the custom and widget libraries from qgnus.
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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> Hrvoje> The trouble with it is that it's /ad hoc/.  Suppose you want to add a
> Hrvoje> similar toggle for something else (e.g. boldness, or font sizes), you
> Hrvoje> are out of luck.  Or, you can write another patch like this one.
> 
> If custom is supposed to be able to easilly customize everything (which is
> apparantly the goal) then it should be able to easilly customize
> everything.  Having to manually change two dozen things, using the custom
> engine, for every package that I use is anything but easy.

Per has published another way to do it, in his message.

> Oh, and by the way, I remembered what I found to be evil about
> custom: once it has set things it is impossible to change them
> without exiting and restarting GNU Emacs.

Huh?  Can you be more specific?

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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