GNU bug report logs - #45760
28.0.50; defcustom :type -- describe valid options

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 45760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 45760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45760: 28.0.50; defcustom :type -- describe valid options
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:43:28 +0100

Tomas Nordin <tomasn <at> posteo.net> writes:

> The help for defcustom describe many things. One of them is the keyword
> :type. It shall be a widget type.
>
> I suggest to describe or link to information about what valid widget
> types there are to choose from.

No such list exists -- new types can be added dynamically.  But I guess
it makes sense to add a link to the Customization Types node in the
lispref manual, which lists the base types and a bunch of composite
types.

I've now done this in Emacs 28.

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