Re: custom-set-variables considered harmful

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "SM" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

SM> The idea is basically to use a syntax which happens to look close to what
SM> you'd write by hand if you weren't using Customize, so that users who
SM> copy&paste snippets of code end up copying more or less valid code,
SM> instead of copying "code" like

SM>     '(toot 2)

SM> and then be surprised that it doesn't do anything.

I like the idea. It turns the body of the customization block into a different
DSL than "oddly specialized list" so pieces of it can be safely excerpted. I
assume the ordering becomes important, so the REQUIRE statement only affects
the immediately following setting?

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