bug#1248: marked as done (23.0.60; problems with `color' custom type)

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has caused the Emacs bug report #1248,
regarding 23.0.60; problems with `color' custom type
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> 23.0.60; problems with `color' custom type
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> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:51:39 -0700
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> emacs -Q
> Eval this: (defcustom foo "Red" "..." :type 'color)
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> M-x set-variable foo RET Blue RET
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> gives error "Value `Blue' does not match type color of foo". Likewise,
> if I try BlueViolet.
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> M-x customize-option foo
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> Empty the value field and hit M-TAB. The colors are displayed in a
> crazy order, not alphabetically. And there is no color `Blue' in the
> list. But you can enter the text `Blue' anyway and choose Set for
> Session from the menu. So the completion must be lax, which is
> good. 
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> But why does `set-variable' say that `Blue' does not match type
> `color'? And it says the same thing for `BlueViolet', which is one of
> the names available using completion in Customize.
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> And `set-variable' too should offer completion (enhancement request).
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-10-03 on LENNART-69DE564
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
> -fno-crossjumping'
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> Subject: 
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> Re: 23.0.60; problems with `color' custom type
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> Date: 
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> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:36:45 -0400
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> > emacs -Q
> > Eval this: (defcustom foo "Red" "..." :type 'color)
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> > M-x set-variable foo RET Blue RET
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> > gives error "Value `Blue' does not match type color of foo".
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> You want to do
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>   M-x set-variable foo RET "Blue" RET
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> because set-variable reads entries in Lisp form, and foo needs to be a
> string.
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> > Empty the value field and hit M-TAB. The colors are displayed in a
> > crazy order, not alphabetically.
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> They are listed in the same order of list-colors-display.  I've changed
> that to make it alphabetical.
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