Re: custom-set-variables fails to set variable

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:32:44 -0800
> From: Bill Wohler <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Bill Wohler wrote:
> > 
> >    Also, why does the same code work in Emacs 21 and not in Emacs 22?
> > 
> > I believe that I answered this in an earlier reply, but maybe you had
> > not yet read that reply when you asked this.
> 
> Yes, that is correct. I liked your proposal to revert to Emacs 21
> semantics. This would also fix the problem with the two broken MH-E
> hooks which, as far as I can tell, shouldn't be broken (although I might
> be confused about how require works ;-). (Who knows how many other hooks
> are broken in the same way.)
> 
> If Gerd is listening, perhaps he can let us know why he added that
> defvar:

AFAIK, Gerd isn't listening, so I CC'ed him.

Gerd, can you please help?

>     revision 1.2
>     date: 2003/07/23 00:00:13;  author: gm;  state: Exp;  lines: +5 -1
>     branches:  1.2.2;
>     (define-derived-mode): Mention hook in doc string.  Defvar the derived
>     hook.
> 
> Maybe someone familiar with that code can take it out...