Re: add-hook versus custom-set-variables

[Bill Wohler]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Two workarounds which aren't pretty are to insist that the user add a
>> defvar in .emacs for any hook he customizes
>
> I don't understand what you're suggesting here.
> How could a defvar in .emacs help?

Please read Luc's article where he describes the technique and why.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs/9993

>>     ;; MH-E hooks
>>     (eval-after-load 'mh-customize
>>       (progn
>>      (message "Adding mailcrypt hooks to MH-E...")
>>      (add-hook 'mh-folder-mode-hook 'mc-install-read-mode)
>>      (add-hook 'mh-letter-mode-hook 'mc-install-write-mode)))
>
> eval-after-load is a function, not a macro.  I know it's counter
> intuitive.

I don't know enough about the internals to know why this would be
counter-intuitive. I read your answer as: macros do what you expect,
functions don't. Please elaborate if this is not what you mean. Why
doesn't eval-after-load do what I expect?

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