GNU bug report logs - #5627
23.1.90; outline-regexp ignores customization

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Reported by: Andreas Roehler <andreas.roehler <at> online.de>

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 5627 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5627: 23.1.90; outline-regexp ignores customization
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:20:20 +0100

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> customization of this var is the way adapting it at changing needs.
>> A defvar seems rather worst.
> 
> No, as you have noticed, this variable is major-mode dependent, so
> there's no point customizing it with Custom since Custom only knows how
> to manipulate default (aka global) settings.
> 

Probably I ignore something: should't a globally set variable work in a mode also?


> If/when Custom is improved to handle mode-dependent settings, we can
> revisit this, but for now it makes no sense to me to provide it as
> a defcustom.
> 
> 
>         Stefan
> 

A clean solution in my eyes would be to remove the mode-setting - rather retain the global variable here.
As it's name says, its mode-oriented anyway.

Andreas
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