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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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4 @c 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
21006 | 5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
6 @setfilename ../info/customize | |
7 @node Customization, Loading, Macros, Top | |
8 @chapter Writing Customization Definitions | |
9 | |
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10 This chapter describes how to declare user options for customization, |
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11 and also customization groups for classifying them. We use the term |
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12 @dfn{customization item} to include both kinds of customization |
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13 definitions---as well as face definitions (@pxref{Defining Faces}). |
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15 @menu | |
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16 * Common Keywords:: Common keyword arguments for all kinds of |
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17 customization declarations. |
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18 * Group Definitions:: Writing customization group definitions. |
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19 * Variable Definitions:: Declaring user options. |
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20 * Customization Types:: Specifying the type of a user option. |
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23 @node Common Keywords | |
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24 @section Common Item Keywords |
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26 All kinds of customization declarations (for variables and groups, and |
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27 for faces) accept keyword arguments for specifying various information. |
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28 This section describes some keywords that apply to all kinds. |
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30 All of these keywords, except @code{:tag}, can be used more than once |
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31 in a given item. Each use of the keyword has an independent effect. |
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32 The keyword @code{:tag} is an exception because any given item can only |
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33 display one name. |
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35 @table @code | |
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38 item in customization menus and buffers. @strong{Don't use a tag |
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39 which is substantially different from the item's real name; that would |
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40 cause confusion.} One legitimate case for use of @code{:tag} is to |
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41 specify a dash where normally a hyphen would be converted to a space: |
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44 (defcustom cursor-in-non-selected-windows @dots{} |
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46 @end example |
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49 Put this customization item in group @var{group}. When you use | |
50 @code{:group} in a @code{defgroup}, it makes the new group a subgroup of | |
51 @var{group}. | |
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53 If you use this keyword more than once, you can put a single item into | |
54 more than one group. Displaying any of those groups will show this | |
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55 item. Please don't overdo this, since the result would be annoying. |
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57 @item :link @var{link-data} | |
58 Include an external link after the documentation string for this item. | |
59 This is a sentence containing an active field which references some | |
60 other documentation. | |
61 | |
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62 There are several alternatives you can use for @var{link-data}: |
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64 @table @code | |
65 @item (custom-manual @var{info-node}) | |
66 Link to an Info node; @var{info-node} is a string which specifies the | |
67 node name, as in @code{"(emacs)Top"}. The link appears as | |
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68 @samp{[Manual]} in the customization buffer and enters the built-in |
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69 Info reader on @var{info-node}. |
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71 @item (info-link @var{info-node}) | |
72 Like @code{custom-manual} except that the link appears | |
73 in the customization buffer with the Info node name. | |
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75 @item (url-link @var{url}) | |
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77 @acronym{URL}. The link appears in the customization buffer as |
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81 @item (emacs-commentary-link @var{library}) |
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107 | |
108 You can specify the text to use in the customization buffer by adding | |
109 @code{:tag @var{name}} after the first element of the @var{link-data}; | |
110 for example, @code{(info-link :tag "foo" "(emacs)Top")} makes a link to | |
111 the Emacs manual which appears in the buffer as @samp{foo}. | |
112 | |
113 An item can have more than one external link; however, most items have | |
114 none at all. | |
115 | |
116 @item :load @var{file} | |
117 Load file @var{file} (a string) before displaying this customization | |
118 item. Loading is done with @code{load-library}, and only if the file is | |
119 not already loaded. | |
120 | |
121 @item :require @var{feature} | |
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126 a feature such as a minor mode, and just setting the variable won't have | |
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129 @item :version @var{version} |
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146 Packages that use the @code{:package-version} keyword must also update |
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150 This alist provides a mapping for the versions of Emacs that are |
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425 @example | |
426 (defcustom diff-command "diff" | |
427 "*The command to use to run diff." | |
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446 * Composite Types:: | |
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456 @subsection Simple Types | |
457 | |
458 This section describes all the simple customization types. | |
459 | |
460 @table @code | |
461 @item sexp | |
462 The value may be any Lisp object that can be printed and read back. You | |
463 can use @code{sexp} as a fall-back for any option, if you don't want to | |
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467 The value must be an integer, and is represented textually | |
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469 | |
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488 The value must be a character code. A character code is actually an | |
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490 buffer, rather than by showing the number. | |
491 | |
492 @item file | |
493 The value must be a file name, and you can do completion with | |
494 @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}. | |
495 | |
496 @item (file :must-match t) | |
497 The value must be a file name for an existing file, and you can do | |
498 completion with @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}. | |
499 | |
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501 The value must be a directory name, and you can do completion with | |
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635 the name of the symbol. | |
636 | |
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665 @node Composite Types | |
666 @subsection Composite Types | |
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691 The value must be a cons cell, its @sc{car} must fit @var{car-type}, and | |
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694 @code{("foo" . foo)}. | |
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698 that you specify for it. | |
699 | |
700 @item (list @var{element-types}@dots{}) | |
701 The value must be a list with exactly as many elements as the | |
702 @var{element-types} you have specified; and each element must fit the | |
703 corresponding @var{element-type}. | |
704 | |
705 For example, @code{(list integer string function)} describes a list of | |
706 three elements; the first element must be an integer, the second a | |
707 string, and the third a function. | |
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712 @item (vector @var{element-types}@dots{}) | |
713 Like @code{list} except that the value must be a vector instead of a | |
714 list. The elements work the same as in @code{list}. | |
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718 For example, @code{(choice integer string)} allows either an | |
719 integer or a string. | |
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721 In the customization buffer, the user selects one of the alternatives | |
722 using a menu, and can then edit the value in the usual way for that | |
723 alternative. | |
724 | |
725 Normally the strings in this menu are determined automatically from the | |
726 choices; however, you can specify different strings for the menu by | |
727 including the @code{:tag} keyword in the alternatives. For example, if | |
728 an integer stands for a number of spaces, while a string is text to use | |
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768 @code{(choice integer (const nil))} allows either an integer or | |
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818 the @var{types} specified. | |
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821 @var{types} may have either one corresponding element or none. It is | |
822 not possible to specify two different elements that match the same one | |
823 of @var{types}. For example, @code{(set integer symbol)} allows one | |
824 integer and/or one symbol in the list; it does not allow multiple | |
825 integers or multiple symbols. As a result, it is rare to use | |
826 nonspecific types such as @code{integer} in a @code{set}. | |
827 | |
828 Most often, the @var{types} in a @code{set} are @code{const} types, as | |
829 shown here: | |
830 | |
831 @example | |
832 (set (const :bold) (const :italic)) | |
833 @end example | |
834 | |
835 Sometimes they describe possible elements in an alist: | |
836 | |
837 @example | |
838 (set (cons :tag "Height" (const height) integer) | |
839 (cons :tag "Width" (const width) integer)) | |
840 @end example | |
841 | |
842 @noindent | |
843 That lets the user specify a height value optionally | |
844 and a width value optionally. | |
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846 @item (repeat @var{element-type}) | |
847 The value must be a list and each element of the list must fit the type | |
848 @var{element-type}. This appears in the customization buffer as a | |
849 list of elements, with @samp{[INS]} and @samp{[DEL]} buttons for adding | |
850 more elements or removing elements. | |
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858 @itemize @bullet |
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859 @item |
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877 @noindent |
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880 The customization buffer shows all legitimate values using their read |
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881 syntax, and the user edits them textually. |
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887 @table @code |
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889 Use @var{tag} as the name of this alternative, for user communication |
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895 @code{restricted-sexp}. |
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904 | |
905 @node Splicing into Lists | |
906 @subsection Splicing into Lists | |
907 | |
908 The @code{:inline} feature lets you splice a variable number of | |
909 elements into the middle of a list or vector. You use it in a | |
910 @code{set}, @code{choice} or @code{repeat} type which appears among the | |
911 element-types of a @code{list} or @code{vector}. | |
912 | |
913 Normally, each of the element-types in a @code{list} or @code{vector} | |
914 describes one and only one element of the list or vector. Thus, if an | |
915 element-type is a @code{repeat}, that specifies a list of unspecified | |
916 length which appears as one element. | |
917 | |
918 But when the element-type uses @code{:inline}, the value it matches is | |
919 merged directly into the containing sequence. For example, if it | |
920 matches a list with three elements, those become three elements of the | |
921 overall sequence. This is analogous to using @samp{,@@} in the backquote | |
922 construct. | |
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926 @code{bar}, use this customization type: | |
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928 @example | |
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936 When the element-type is a @code{choice}, you use @code{:inline} not | |
937 in the @code{choice} itself, but in (some of) the alternatives of the | |
938 @code{choice}. For example, to match a list which must start with a | |
939 file name, followed either by the symbol @code{t} or two strings, use | |
940 this customization type: | |
941 | |
942 @example | |
943 (list file | |
944 (choice (const t) | |
945 (list :inline t string string))) | |
946 @end example | |
947 | |
948 @noindent | |
949 If the user chooses the first alternative in the choice, then the | |
950 overall list has two elements and the second element is @code{t}. If | |
951 the user chooses the second alternative, then the overall list has three | |
952 elements and the second and third must be strings. | |
953 | |
954 @node Type Keywords | |
955 @subsection Type Keywords | |
956 | |
957 You can specify keyword-argument pairs in a customization type after the | |
958 type name symbol. Here are the keywords you can use, and their | |
959 meanings: | |
960 | |
961 @table @code | |
962 @item :value @var{default} | |
963 This is used for a type that appears as an alternative inside of | |
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966 customization buffer. | |
967 | |
968 Of course, if the actual value of the option fits this alternative, it | |
969 will appear showing the actual value, not @var{default}. | |
970 | |
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975 This string will be inserted in the buffer to represent the value | |
976 corresponding to the type. The following @samp{%} escapes are available | |
977 for use in @var{format-string}: | |
978 | |
979 @table @samp | |
980 @item %[@var{button}%] | |
981 Display the text @var{button} marked as a button. The @code{:action} | |
982 attribute specifies what the button will do if the user invokes it; | |
983 its value is a function which takes two arguments---the widget which | |
984 the button appears in, and the event. | |
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989 @item %@{@var{sample}%@} | |
990 Show @var{sample} in a special face specified by @code{:sample-face}. | |
991 | |
992 @item %v | |
993 Substitute the item's value. How the value is represented depends on | |
994 the kind of item, and (for variables) on the customization type. | |
995 | |
996 @item %d | |
997 Substitute the item's documentation string. | |
998 | |
999 @item %h | |
1000 Like @samp{%d}, but if the documentation string is more than one line, | |
1001 add an active field to control whether to show all of it or just the | |
1002 first line. | |
1003 | |
1004 @item %t | |
1005 Substitute the tag here. You specify the tag with the @code{:tag} | |
1006 keyword. | |
1007 | |
1008 @item %% | |
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1023 | |
1024 @table @asis | |
1025 @item @code{nil} | |
1026 No text is inserted. | |
1027 | |
1028 @item a string | |
1029 The string is inserted literally. | |
1030 | |
1031 @item a symbol | |
1032 The symbol's value is used. | |
1033 @end table | |
1034 | |
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1049 @item :help-echo @var{motion-doc} | |
1050 When you move to this item with @code{widget-forward} or | |
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1052 the echo area. In addition, @var{motion-doc} is used as the mouse | |
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1063 @ignore | |
1064 @item :indent @var{columns} | |
1065 Indent this item by @var{columns} columns. The indentation is used for | |
1066 @samp{%n}, and automatically for group names, for checklists and radio | |
1067 buttons, and for editable lists. It affects the whole of the | |
1068 item except for the first line. | |
1069 | |
1070 @item :offset @var{columns} | |
1071 An integer indicating how many extra spaces to indent the subitems of | |
1072 this item. By default, subitems are indented the same as their parent. | |
1073 | |
1074 @item :extra-offset | |
1075 An integer indicating how many extra spaces to add to this item's | |
1076 indentation, compared to its parent. | |
1077 | |
1078 @item :notify | |
1079 A function called each time the item or a subitem is changed. The | |
1080 function is called with two or three arguments. The first argument is | |
1081 the item itself, the second argument is the item that was changed, and | |
1082 the third argument is the event leading to the change, if any. | |
1083 | |
1084 @item :menu-tag | |
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1088 @item :menu-tag-get | |
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1091 @code{:menu-tag} or @code{:tag} property if present, or the @code{princ} | |
1092 representation of the @code{:value} property if not. | |
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1094 @item :validate | |
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1100 You can use the function @code{widget-children-validate} for this job; | |
1101 it tests that all children of @var{widget} are valid. | |
1102 | |
1103 @item :tab-order | |
1104 Specify the order in which widgets are traversed with | |
1105 @code{widget-forward} or @code{widget-backward}. This is only partially | |
1106 implemented. | |
1107 | |
1108 @enumerate a | |
1109 @item | |
1110 Widgets with tabbing order @code{-1} are ignored. | |
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1114 next widget in the buffer with tabbing order @var{n+1} or @code{nil}, | |
1115 whichever comes first. | |
1116 | |
1117 @item | |
1118 When on a widget with no tabbing order specified, go to the next widget | |
1119 in the buffer with a positive tabbing order, or @code{nil} | |
1120 @end enumerate | |
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1122 @item :parent | |
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1125 | |
1126 @item :sibling-args | |
1127 This keyword is only used for members of a @code{radio-button-choice} or | |
1128 @code{checklist}. The value should be a list of extra keyword | |
1129 arguments, which will be used when creating the @code{radio-button} or | |
1130 @code{checkbox} associated with this item. | |
1131 @end ignore | |
1132 @end table | |
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