suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Tommy and Eric, > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: >> Tommy Kelly <tommy.ke...@verilab.com> writes: >> >>> suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> This is nothing org specific. Its how customise works. This is the >>>> reason people are encouraged to _not_ mix customise with setq. I for >>>> example use customise for everything except org settings. >>> >>> Ah but hang on. >>> >>> First, is it reasonable to consider it obvious (I mean, it wasn't to me) >>> that using C-c [ invokes customize? >>> >>> Second, even if it is reasonable, isn't it the case that customize >>> offers a temporary change of variables? You have to explicitly ask it to >>> make the change permanent, no? >> >> It would indeed be friendlier if this were done here as well. >> > > I am not familiar with how to interface ui with customize so I don't > know whether its possible or not, but there are many instances in > emacs where this is done as standard practice. For example marking > certain file local variables as safe, or turning on some special > behaviour when invoked for the first time (e.g. side scrolling). > However I do recall all of these prompts the user whether they want to > keep the settings temporary or make it permanent. So I would say its a > Request for Feature Enhancement / Bug rather than a mere documentation > bug.
Yes, I think this is the key aspect: all other instances of commands in Emacs modifying the .emacs file, that I am aware of, indicate they are about to do so although sometimes in a roundabout kind of way (e.g. "make this change permanent"). So, can we have a feature request for this? A simple y-or-n-p type prompt would suffice. -- Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
