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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/customize
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6 @node Customization, Loading, Macros, Top
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7 @chapter Writing Customization Definitions
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9 This chapter describes how to declare user options for customization,
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10 and also customization groups for classifying them. We use the term
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11 @dfn{customization item} to include both kinds of customization
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12 definitions---as well as face definitions (@pxref{Defining Faces}).
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14 @menu
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15 * Common Keywords::
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16 * Group Definitions::
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17 * Variable Definitions::
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18 * Customization Types::
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19 @end menu
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21 @node Common Keywords
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22 @section Common Item Keywords
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24 All kinds of customization declarations (for variables and groups, and
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25 for faces) accept keyword arguments for specifying various information.
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26 This section describes some keywords that apply to all kinds.
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28 All of these keywords, except @code{:tag}, can be used more than once
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29 in a given item. Each use of the keyword has an independent effect.
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30 The keyword @code{:tag} is an exception because any given item can only
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31 display one name.
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33 @table @code
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34 @item :tag @var{label}
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35 Use @var{label}, a string, instead of the item's name, to label the item
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36 in customization menus and buffers.
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38 @item :group @var{group}
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39 Put this customization item in group @var{group}. When you use
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40 @code{:group} in a @code{defgroup}, it makes the new group a subgroup of
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41 @var{group}.
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43 If you use this keyword more than once, you can put a single item into
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44 more than one group. Displaying any of those groups will show this
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45 item. Please don't overdo this, since the result would be annoying.
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47 @item :link @var{link-data}
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48 Include an external link after the documentation string for this item.
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49 This is a sentence containing an active field which references some
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50 other documentation.
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52 There are three alternatives you can use for @var{link-data}:
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54 @table @code
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55 @item (custom-manual @var{info-node})
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56 Link to an Info node; @var{info-node} is a string which specifies the
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57 node name, as in @code{"(emacs)Top"}. The link appears as
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58 @samp{[manual]} in the customization buffer.
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60 @item (info-link @var{info-node})
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61 Like @code{custom-manual} except that the link appears
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62 in the customization buffer with the Info node name.
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64 @item (url-link @var{url})
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65 Link to a web page; @var{url} is a string which specifies the @sc{url}.
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66 The link appears in the customization buffer as @var{url}.
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67 @end table
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69 You can specify the text to use in the customization buffer by adding
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70 @code{:tag @var{name}} after the first element of the @var{link-data};
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71 for example, @code{(info-link :tag "foo" "(emacs)Top")} makes a link to
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72 the Emacs manual which appears in the buffer as @samp{foo}.
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74 An item can have more than one external link; however, most items have
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75 none at all.
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77 @item :load @var{file}
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78 Load file @var{file} (a string) before displaying this customization
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79 item. Loading is done with @code{load-library}, and only if the file is
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80 not already loaded.
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82 @item :require @var{feature}
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83 Require feature @var{feature} (a symbol) when installing a value for
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84 this item (an option or a face) that was saved using the customization
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85 feature. This is done by calling @code{require}.
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87 The most common reason to use @code{:require} is when a variable enables
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88 a feature such as a minor mode, and just setting the variable won't have
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89 any effect unless the code which implements the mode is loaded.
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90 @end table
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92 @node Group Definitions
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93 @section Defining Custom Groups
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95 Each Emacs Lisp package should have one main customization group which
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96 contains all the options, faces and other groups in the package. If the
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98 put everything in it. When there are more than twelve or so options and
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99 faces, then you should structure them into subgroups, and put the
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104 The package's main or only group should be a member of one or more of
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105 the standard customization groups. (To display the full list of them,
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106 use @kbd{M-x customize}.) Choose one or more of them (but not too
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107 many), and add your group to each of them using the @code{:group}
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108 keyword.
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110 The way to declare new customization groups is with @code{defgroup}.
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112 @defmac defgroup group members doc [keyword value]...
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113 Declare @var{group} as a customization group containing @var{members}.
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114 Do not quote the symbol @var{group}. The argument @var{doc} specifies
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116 @samp{*} as in @code{defcustom}; that convention is for variables only.
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118 The argument @var{members} is a list specifying an initial set of
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119 customization items to be members of the group. However, most often
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120 @var{members} is @code{nil}, and you specify the group's members by
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121 using the @code{:group} keyword when defining those members.
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123 If you want to specify group members through @var{members}, each element
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124 should have the form @code{(@var{name} @var{widget})}. Here @var{name}
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126 Useful widgets are @code{custom-variable} for a variable,
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127 @code{custom-face} for a face, and @code{custom-group} for a group.
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129 In addition to the common keywords (@pxref{Common Keywords}), you can
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130 use this keyword in @code{defgroup}:
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132 @table @code
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133 @item :prefix @var{prefix}
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134 If the name of an item in the group starts with @var{prefix}, then the
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135 tag for that item is constructed (by default) by omitting @var{prefix}.
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137 One group can have any number of prefixes.
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138 @end table
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139 @end defmac
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141 The prefix-discarding feature is currently turned off, which means
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142 that @code{:prefix} currently has no effect. We did this because we
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143 found that discarding the specified prefixes often led to confusing
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144 names for options. This happened because the people who wrote the
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145 @code{defgroup} definitions for various groups added @code{:prefix}
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146 keywords whenever they make logical sense---that is, whenever the
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147 variables in the library have a common prefix.
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149 In order to obtain good results with @code{:prefix}, it would be
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150 necessary to check the specific effects of discarding a particular
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151 prefix, given the specific items in a group and their names and
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152 documentation. If the resulting text is not clear, then @code{:prefix}
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153 should not be used in that case.
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155 It should be possible to recheck all the customization groups, delete
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157 turn this feature back on, if someone would like to do the work.
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159 @node Variable Definitions
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160 @section Defining Customization Variables
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338 @dfn{simple types}. For a simple type, if you do not use any
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355 @table @code
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367 customization buffer.
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372 @samp{\}.
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396 The value must be a list of functions (or a single function, but that is
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398 You can use the @code{:options} keyword in a hook variable's
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411 (alist :key-type @var{key-type} :value-type @var{value-type})
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420 give some keys a preferential treatment by specifying them with the
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440 the value associated with the @code{"bar"} key can only be an integer.
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441 You can specify this by using a list instead of an atom in the option
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446 :options '("foo" ("bar" integer) "baz")
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455 symbol for the key.
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458 :options '("foo" ((function-item some-function) integer) "baz")
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489 the formatting is better suited for the purpose.
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517 (@var{key} @var{value} @var{key} @var{value} @var{key} @var{value} @dots{})
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537 completion with @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}.
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540 The value is boolean---either @code{nil} or @code{t}. Note that by
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542 you can specify that the value must be @code{nil} or @code{t}, but also
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543 specify the text to describe each value in a way that fits the specific
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544 meaning of the alternative.
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548 @subsection Composite Types
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550 When none of the simple types is appropriate, you can use composite
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551 types, which build new types from other types. Here are several ways of
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552 doing that:
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554 @table @code
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555 @item (restricted-sexp :match-alternatives @var{criteria})
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557 @var{criteria} should be a list, and each element should be
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561 @item
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563 effects, and returns either @code{nil} or non-@code{nil} according to
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564 the argument. Using a predicate in the list says that objects for which
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565 the predicate returns non-@code{nil} are acceptable.
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575 (restricted-sexp :match-alternatives
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576 (integerp 't 'nil))
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577 @end example
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579 @noindent
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582 The customization buffer shows all legitimate values using their read
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583 syntax, and the user edits them textually.
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620 Normally the strings in this menu are determined automatically from the
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643 @code{nil}.
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645 @code{:tag} is often used with @code{const}, inside of @code{choice}.
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646 For example,
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648 @example
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650 (const :tag "No" nil)
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651 (const :tag "Ask" foo))
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652 @end example
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654 @noindent
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656 and @code{foo} means ``ask.''
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657
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658 @item (other @var{value})
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659 This alternative can match any Lisp value, but if the user chooses this
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660 alternative, that selects the value @var{value}.
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661
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662 The main use of @code{other} is as the last element of @code{choice}.
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663 For example,
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665 @example
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666 (choice (const :tag "Yes" t)
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667 (const :tag "No" nil)
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668 (other :tag "Ask" foo))
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669 @end example
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670
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671 @noindent
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672 describes a variable for which @code{t} means yes, @code{nil} means no,
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673 and anything else means ``ask.'' If the user chooses @samp{Ask} from
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674 the menu of alternatives, that specifies the value @code{foo}; but any
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675 other value (not @code{t}, @code{nil} or @code{foo}) displays as
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676 @samp{Ask}, just like @code{foo}.
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677
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678 @item (function-item @var{function})
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680 displays the documentation string as well as the function name.
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681 The documentation string is either the one you specify with
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682 @code{:doc}, or @var{function}'s own documentation string.
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684 @item (variable-item @var{variable})
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686 displays the documentation string as well as the variable name. The
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687 documentation string is either the one you specify with @code{:doc}, or
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688 @var{variable}'s own documentation string.
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690 @item (set @var{types}@dots{})
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691 The value must be a list, and each element of the list must match one of
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692 the @var{types} specified.
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694 This appears in the customization buffer as a checklist, so that each of
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695 @var{types} may have either one corresponding element or none. It is
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696 not possible to specify two different elements that match the same one
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697 of @var{types}. For example, @code{(set integer symbol)} allows one
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698 integer and/or one symbol in the list; it does not allow multiple
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699 integers or multiple symbols. As a result, it is rare to use
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700 nonspecific types such as @code{integer} in a @code{set}.
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701
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702 Most often, the @var{types} in a @code{set} are @code{const} types, as
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704
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705 @example
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706 (set (const :bold) (const :italic))
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707 @end example
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708
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709 Sometimes they describe possible elements in an alist:
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710
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711 @example
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712 (set (cons :tag "Height" (const height) integer)
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713 (cons :tag "Width" (const width) integer))
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714 @end example
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715
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716 @noindent
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717 That lets the user specify a height value optionally
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718 and a width value optionally.
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719
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720 @item (repeat @var{element-type})
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721 The value must be a list and each element of the list must fit the type
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722 @var{element-type}. This appears in the customization buffer as a
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723 list of elements, with @samp{[INS]} and @samp{[DEL]} buttons for adding
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724 more elements or removing elements.
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725 @end table
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726
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727 @node Splicing into Lists
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728 @subsection Splicing into Lists
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729
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730 The @code{:inline} feature lets you splice a variable number of
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731 elements into the middle of a list or vector. You use it in a
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732 @code{set}, @code{choice} or @code{repeat} type which appears among the
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733 element-types of a @code{list} or @code{vector}.
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734
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735 Normally, each of the element-types in a @code{list} or @code{vector}
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737 element-type is a @code{repeat}, that specifies a list of unspecified
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738 length which appears as one element.
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739
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740 But when the element-type uses @code{:inline}, the value it matches is
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741 merged directly into the containing sequence. For example, if it
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742 matches a list with three elements, those become three elements of the
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743 overall sequence. This is analogous to using @samp{,@@} in the backquote
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744 construct.
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746 For example, to specify a list whose first element must be @code{t}
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747 and whose remaining arguments should be zero or more of @code{foo} and
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748 @code{bar}, use this customization type:
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749
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750 @example
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751 (list (const t) (set :inline t foo bar))
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752 @end example
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754 @noindent
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755 This matches values such as @code{(t)}, @code{(t foo)}, @code{(t bar)}
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756 and @code{(t foo bar)}.
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757
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758 When the element-type is a @code{choice}, you use @code{:inline} not
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760 @code{choice}. For example, to match a list which must start with a
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761 file name, followed either by the symbol @code{t} or two strings, use
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762 this customization type:
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764 @example
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765 (list file
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767 (list :inline t string string)))
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768 @end example
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770 @noindent
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771 If the user chooses the first alternative in the choice, then the
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772 overall list has two elements and the second element is @code{t}. If
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773 the user chooses the second alternative, then the overall list has three
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774 elements and the second and third must be strings.
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776 @node Type Keywords
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777 @subsection Type Keywords
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778
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779 You can specify keyword-argument pairs in a customization type after the
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780 type name symbol. Here are the keywords you can use, and their
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781 meanings:
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782
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783 @table @code
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784 @item :value @var{default}
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785 This is used for a type that appears as an alternative inside of
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786 @code{choice}; it specifies the default value to use, at first, if and
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787 when the user selects this alternative with the menu in the
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788 customization buffer.
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789
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791 will appear showing the actual value, not @var{default}.
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793 If @code{nil} is not a valid value for the alternative, then it is
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794 essential to specify a valid default with @code{:value}.
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797 This string will be inserted in the buffer to represent the value
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798 corresponding to the type. The following @samp{%} escapes are available
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799 for use in @var{format-string}:
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801 @table @samp
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802 @item %[@var{button}%]
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803 Display the text @var{button} marked as a button. The @code{:action}
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804 attribute specifies what the button will do if the user invokes it;
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808 There is no way to specify two different buttons with different
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809 actions.
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811 @item %@{@var{sample}%@}
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812 Show @var{sample} in a special face specified by @code{:sample-face}.
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814 @item %v
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815 Substitute the item's value. How the value is represented depends on
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816 the kind of item, and (for variables) on the customization type.
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817
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818 @item %d
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819 Substitute the item's documentation string.
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820
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821 @item %h
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822 Like @samp{%d}, but if the documentation string is more than one line,
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823 add an active field to control whether to show all of it or just the
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824 first line.
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825
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826 @item %t
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827 Substitute the tag here. You specify the tag with the @code{:tag}
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828 keyword.
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829
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830 @item %%
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831 Display a literal @samp{%}.
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832 @end table
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833
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834 @item :action @var{action}
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835 Perform @var{action} if the user clicks on a button.
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836
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837 @item :button-face @var{face}
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838 Use the face @var{face} (a face name or a list of face names) for button
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839 text displayed with @samp{%[@dots{}%]}.
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840
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841 @item :button-prefix @var{prefix}
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842 @itemx :button-suffix @var{suffix}
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843 These specify the text to display before and after a button.
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844 Each can be:
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845
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846 @table @asis
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847 @item @code{nil}
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848 No text is inserted.
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849
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850 @item a string
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851 The string is inserted literally.
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852
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853 @item a symbol
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854 The symbol's value is used.
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855 @end table
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856
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857 @item :tag @var{tag}
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858 Use @var{tag} (a string) as the tag for the value (or part of the value)
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859 that corresponds to this type.
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860
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861 @item :doc @var{doc}
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862 Use @var{doc} as the documentation string for this value (or part of the
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863 value) that corresponds to this type. In order for this to work, you
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864 must specify a value for @code{:format}, and use @samp{%d} or @samp{%h}
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865 in that value.
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867 The usual reason to specify a documentation string for a type is to
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868 provide more information about the meanings of alternatives inside a
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869 @code{:choice} type or the parts of some other composite type.
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871 @item :help-echo @var{motion-doc}
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873 @code{widget-backward}, it will display the string @var{motion-doc} in
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874 the echo area. In addition, @var{motion-doc} is used as the mouse
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875 @code{help-echo} string and may actually be a function or form evaluated
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876 to yield a help string as for @code{help-echo} text properties.
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877 @c @xref{Text help-echo}.
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879 @item :match @var{function}
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880 Specify how to decide whether a value matches the type. The
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881 corresponding value, @var{function}, should be a function that accepts
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882 two arguments, a widget and a value; it should return non-@code{nil} if
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883 the value is acceptable.
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885 @ignore
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886 @item :indent @var{columns}
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887 Indent this item by @var{columns} columns. The indentation is used for
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888 @samp{%n}, and automatically for group names, for checklists and radio
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889 buttons, and for editable lists. It affects the whole of the
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890 item except for the first line.
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891
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892 @item :offset @var{columns}
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893 An integer indicating how many extra spaces to indent the subitems of
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894 this item. By default, subitems are indented the same as their parent.
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896 @item :extra-offset
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897 An integer indicating how many extra spaces to add to this item's
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898 indentation, compared to its parent.
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899
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900 @item :notify
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901 A function called each time the item or a subitem is changed. The
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902 function is called with two or three arguments. The first argument is
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903 the item itself, the second argument is the item that was changed, and
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904 the third argument is the event leading to the change, if any.
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905
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906 @item :menu-tag
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907 Tag used in the menu when the widget is used as an option in a
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908 @code{menu-choice} widget.
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909
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910 @item :menu-tag-get
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911 Function used for finding the tag when the widget is used as an option
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912 in a @code{menu-choice} widget. By default, the tag used will be either the
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913 @code{:menu-tag} or @code{:tag} property if present, or the @code{princ}
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914 representation of the @code{:value} property if not.
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916 @item :validate
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917 A function which takes a widget as an argument, and return nil if the
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918 widgets current value is valid for the widget. Otherwise, it should
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919 return the widget containing the invalid data, and set that widgets
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920 @code{:error} property to a string explaining the error.
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921
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922 You can use the function @code{widget-children-validate} for this job;
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923 it tests that all children of @var{widget} are valid.
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924
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925 @item :tab-order
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926 Specify the order in which widgets are traversed with
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927 @code{widget-forward} or @code{widget-backward}. This is only partially
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928 implemented.
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930 @enumerate a
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931 @item
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932 Widgets with tabbing order @code{-1} are ignored.
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934 @item
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935 (Unimplemented) When on a widget with tabbing order @var{n}, go to the
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936 next widget in the buffer with tabbing order @var{n+1} or @code{nil},
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937 whichever comes first.
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939 @item
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940 When on a widget with no tabbing order specified, go to the next widget
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941 in the buffer with a positive tabbing order, or @code{nil}
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942 @end enumerate
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944 @item :parent
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945 The parent of a nested widget (e.g., a @code{menu-choice} item or an
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948 @item :sibling-args
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949 This keyword is only used for members of a @code{radio-button-choice} or
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950 @code{checklist}. The value should be a list of extra keyword
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951 arguments, which will be used when creating the @code{radio-button} or
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952 @code{checkbox} associated with this item.
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953 @end ignore
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954 @end table