Re: M-x customize and long lines

[Yegor Timoshenko]

Thanks! I've sent an enhancement request.


On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:02 PM Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> > M-x customize sometimes produces very long lines (for example, try
> > customizing eshell-modules-list). Here's what I get:
> >
> > (custom-set-variables
> >  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
> >  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> >  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> >  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> >  '(eshell-modules-list
> >    (quote
> >     (eshell-alias eshell-cmpl eshell-dirs eshell-glob eshell-hist
> eshell-ls
> > eshell-term eshell-tramp eshell-unix)))
> >
> > How do I make M-x customize respect 80 chars per line limit? Is there a
> > hook? I couldn't find one.
>
> 1. I don't think there is one, out of the box.
>
> 2. If you define `custom-file' then you won't need to care about
>    how Customize writes to it.  You will likely never edit it
>    or even look at it.
>
> You might want to file an enhancement request
> (`M-x report-emacs-bug'), asking that Customize use `fill-column'
> when it pretty-prints.
>