Subject: Re: bug#10907: 24.0.94; Updating display of Customize buffer

From: Stephen Berman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:50:28 +0100

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:23:11 +0100 Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Stephen Berman <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:46:47 +0100 Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Stephen Berman <[email-masked]> writes:
>>>
>>>> 7. In the Customize buffer hide and then re-show the value of
>>>> srb-selected-file; now the Customize buffer shows this:
>>>>
>>>>  Srb Selected File: "file1"
>>>>      State: STANDARD. (mismatch)
>>>>      A selected file name from `srb-file-list'.
>>>
>>> The current value does not match any of the empty set of choices.
>>
>> Do you mean that Custom thinks srb-file-list is still empty?
>
> Its :type hasn't changed at all.
>
>> (defcustom srb-selected-file (car srb-file-list)
>>   "A selected file name from `srb-file-list'."
>>   :type (if srb-file-list
>> 	    `(radio ,@(mapcar (lambda (x) (list 'const x)) srb-file-list))) 
>>   :group 'srb)
>>
>> then when srb-dir is empty or nonexistant, the Custom buffer shows this:
>>
>>  Srb Selected File: nil
>>      State: STANDARD.
>>      A selected file name from `srb-file-list'.
>
> :type is nil (ie. no type).
>
>> and after I add a file and refresh the display by hiding and unhiding
>> the value, it shows this:
>>
>>  Srb Selected File: "file1"
>>      State: STANDARD.
>>      A selected file name from `srb-file-list'.
>
> :type is still nil.

I don't follow you; can (or someone else who gets it) you please
elaborate?  Thanks.

Steve Berman