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#64046
30.0.50; Quoting in customize choice tags
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Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:04:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 30.0.50
Done: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #98 received at 64046 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net> writes:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:33:09 +0200 Ola x Nilsson
<ola.x.nilsson <at> axis.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree that quote substition should be done on the car of simple item
>> definitions. I have no opinion on susbstitute-command-keys vs
>> substitute-quotes. But I came to think about the TITLE argument,
>> shouldn't quote substition be performed on it as well?
>
> I think you're right about that as well, since the title is simply a
> display feature. AFAIK it wouldn't make a noticeable difference for
> existing uses of widget-choose in the Customize UI (in the Value menu
> the title is simply "Choice" and in the State menu it's "Operation on
> <option name>"), but it might be relevant for third party uses or future
> uses in Emacs, as well as for ad-hoc uses of simple item definitions.
> So applying substition to all uses of TITLE seems appropriate. The
> below patch does this, and also corrects my previous patch by excluding
> substition from the cdr of simple item definitions.
What would be a real-life scenario where we need to use
substitute-command-keys on TITLE? I can't think of any.
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