# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 897532720 0
# Node ID a9820c4e8c9e58a231bf8d17c10e29c9145c52a5
# Parent  ac339ec4a12ab5295a44ae9a0bef0a1ba02601a7
Describe widget type `other'.

diff -r ac339ec4a12a -r a9820c4e8c9e lispref/customize.texi
--- a/lispref/customize.texi	Thu Jun 11 02:33:06 1998 +0000
+++ b/lispref/customize.texi	Thu Jun 11 02:38:40 1998 +0000
@@ -507,6 +507,30 @@
         (const :tag "Ask" foo))
 @end example
 
+@noindent
+describes a variable for which @code{t} means yes, @code{nil} means no,
+and @code{foo} means ``ask.''
+
+@item (other @var{value})
+This alternative can match any Lisp value, but if the user chooses this
+alternative, that selects the value @var{value}.
+
+The main use of @code{other} is as the last element of @code{choice}.
+For example,
+
+@example
+(choice (const :tag "Yes" t)
+        (const :tag "No" nil)
+        (other :tag "Ask" foo))
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+describes a variable for which @code{t} means yes, @code{nil} means no,
+and anything else means ``ask.''  If the user chooses @samp{Ask} from
+the menu of alternatives, that specifies the value @code{foo}; but any
+other value (not @code{t}, @code{nil} or @code{foo}) displays as
+@samp{Ask}, just like @code{foo}.
+
 @item (function-item @var{function})
 Like @code{const}, but used for values which are functions.  This
 displays the documentation string as well as the function name.