Re: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.

[Lennart Borgman]

Luc Teirlinck wrote:

> Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>       Maybe we could change "Reset to Current" to "Discard Edits", as
>       somebody suggested at one point ("Reset to current" is not going to
>       reset any setting, only text in the Custom buffer.)
>
>   How about "Show Current Settings" or "Show Current Values"?
>
> It is longer than the current text and, to me, not clearer at all.
> Actually, it would be confusing, certainly for the whole buffer
> button.  It makes it appear that you have to press this button to see
> the current values and makes you wonder what the shown values are
> (defaults, saved values?).  For the State button message, the plural
> is wrong.
>  
Perhaps it would be more clear if the button corresponding to the values 
that is shown were disabled and dimmed? Or maybe replaced with a text 
like "Showing Current  Values"?

But as Luc point out this would require changing the logic too.

> "Reset to Saved" does exactly what it says: it resets to the saved
> value.  It does not just show the saved value.
> ...
> Actually, "Erase Customization" is not that bad.  I just thought
> changing "Reset to Current" to "Discard Edits" would make it still
> more clear that the edits in the buffer are just edits, not
> customizations, thereby eliminating any confusion for
> "Erase Customization" as well.
>  
I like Erase Customization too.