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

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

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.

Andreas.

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