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bug#6578: 24.0.50; defcustom :set does not apply to `set-variable'
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#6578: 24.0.50; defcustom :set does not apply to `set-variable' |
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Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:52:33 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> [Tried to send this earlier, but there was a mail delivery problem, for some
> reason. Trying again.]
>
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> If you use a :set entry for defcustom, it is not respected by
> `set-variable'. It should be. When a user uses `M-x set-variable' s?he
> should get the effect of :set. Otherwise, the defcustom is not serving
> its purpose. defcustom is not only for Customize - it needs to work
> with `set-variable' also. And it does, for :type; but it does not, for
> :set.
This is apparently by design:
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Note that this function is at heart equivalent to the basic ‘set’ function.
For a variable defined with ‘defcustom’, it does not pay attention to
any :set property that the variable might have (if you want that, use
M-x customize-set-variable instead).
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So I'm closing this bug report.
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