Re: find-file-hook as illustration of Custom problems

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     > This is the wrong solution.  The right solution for variables such as
>     > minibuffer-prompt-properties is to set up a valid expression for its
>     > standard value.  It may be necessary to store the current default
>     > value in a new variable 
>
>     or use a `valid-expression' property on the variable 
>
> I do not understand that suggestion.
> The symbol `valid-expression' does not occur in cus-edit.el.
> If you are proposing it as the way to represent some new feature,
> I don't know what the new feature would do.

Sorry, I misread what you read.

The essence of my idea is to use _some_ property on the original
variable to "store the current default value", rather than using
a "new variable" for that.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk