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Re: Always-true predicate?
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Stefan Kangas |
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Re: Always-true predicate? |
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Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:09:25 -0600 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Could you elaborate on how it makes it harder to customize?
>
> Isn't it clear that typing a function at set-variable's prompt is much
> less convenient than typing an atom, like a symbol, a string, or a
> number? For starters, it is much more typing. And then it's easy to
> make a mistake, which will require you to start over again.
Oh, sorry I misunderstood you. I thought we only talked about
"customizing" in reference to `customize'.
> Customization is about _changing_ the defaults, not about leaving them
> unchanged. Typing a function's name, let alone a lambda-expression,
> in the Custom form is no fun. So having a user option whose value
> _must_ be a function is a PITA.
Yes, that's true.
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