GNU bug report logs - #70212
Customize Group buffer: add button to reveal underlying variable names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70212: Customize Group buffer: add button to reveal
 underlying variable names
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:27:46 -0400

Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> The user is in buffer
> *Customize Group: Compilation*
>
> The user sees:
> Show Value Compilation Max Output Line Length
>    Output lines that are longer than this value will be hidden. Hide
>    If nil, don’t hide anything.
>
> Try as the user might, there is no way for him to discover the
> underlying variable there in the interface.

The user could click the State button and select "Show Saved
Lisp Expression" which will also convert values such as shown
in that group for the "Compilation Scroll Output" option.

-- 

Howard
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