GNU bug report logs - #66742
30.0.50; transient-mark-mode is not enabled after re-dumping Emacs

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Message #35 received at 66742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, 66742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66742: 30.0.50; transient-mark-mode is not enabled after
 re-dumping Emacs
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:37:39 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, 66742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:04:23 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > To clarify: a defcustom whose default value is not a constant needs to
> > be re-evaluated during startup, if we want the dumped Emacs to be able
> > to run on another system or with different environment than at dump
> > time.
> 
> Is there a facility in place to do such re-evaluation?

Yes, see custom-initialize-delay, and the code in startup.el that
supports it.

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