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Re: A fundamental problem with defcustoms that are lists


From: Lennart Borgman (gmail)
Subject: Re: A fundamental problem with defcustoms that are lists
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:28:13 +0200
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martin rudalics wrote:
>> If you customize such an option and the default values are changed you
>> will not notice because when your setting is used Emacs never sees the
>> changes in default.
>>
>> This mean that any enhancements or bug corrections to the default will
>> never be used.
> 
> This problem is comparable to what happens when you change a file under
> version control and subsequently update from the repository.  You have
> to decide whether and how to merge your changes with those from the
> repository.  A similar merge mechanism would be needed for customize.


Thanks, that is a nice idea. I think it would be good, but not
necessary. Maybe some intermediate thing, something that reminded of
"merge conflicts" could be used instead?




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