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changeset 107234:78f7c3c01214
* custom.el (custom-initialize-delay): Doc fix.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:42:07 -0800 |
| parents | 548e079ffb49 |
| children | a3c102291ce1 |
| files | lisp/ChangeLog lisp/custom.el |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/ChangeLog Thu Feb 25 20:40:03 2010 -0800 +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog Thu Feb 25 20:42:07 2010 -0800 @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2010-02-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + * custom.el (custom-initialize-delay): Doc fix. + * mail/sendmail.el (send-mail-function): Autoload the call to custom-initialize-delay, not otherwise preserved in loaddefs.el.
--- a/lisp/custom.el Thu Feb 25 20:40:03 2010 -0800 +++ b/lisp/custom.el Thu Feb 25 20:42:07 2010 -0800 @@ -113,10 +113,17 @@ (defun custom-initialize-delay (symbol value) "Delay initialization of SYMBOL to the next Emacs start. -This is used in files that are preloaded, so that the initialization is -done in the run-time context rather than the build-time context. -This also has the side-effect that the (delayed) initialization is performed -with the :setter." +This is used in files that are preloaded (or for autoloaded +variables), so that the initialization is done in the run-time +context rather than the build-time context. This also has the +side-effect that the (delayed) initialization is performed with +the :set function. + +For variables in preloaded files, you can simply use this +function for the :initialize property. For autoloaded variables, +you will also need to add an autoload stanza calling this +function, and another one setting the standard-value property. +See `send-mail-function' in sendmail.el for an example." ;; Until the var is actually initialized, it is kept unbound. ;; This seemed to be at least as good as setting it to an arbitrary ;; value like nil (evaluating `value' is not an option because it