As I mentioned before, several strings in `custom-magic-alist' are
wrong (I previously gave test cases to show that) or too long. There
are several typos in the initial comments. The description of the
`rogue state' is too vague.
I propose the following patch, which I could install if desired:
===File ~/cus-edit.el-diff==================================
*** cus-edit.el 14 Feb 2005 15:38:32 -0600 1.212
--- cus-edit.el 18 Feb 2005 19:28:46 -0600
***************
*** 35,41 ****
;; that the user will run with M-x, and `Custom-' for interactive commands.
;; The identity of a customize option is represented by a Lisp symbol.
! ;; There is the following values associated with an option.
;; 0. The current value.
--- 35,41 ----
;; that the user will run with M-x, and `Custom-' for interactive commands.
;; The identity of a customize option is represented by a Lisp symbol.
! ;; The following values are associated with an option.
;; 0. The current value.
***************
*** 55,89 ****
;; This is the last value given to the option through customize.
;; It is stored in the 'customized-value' property of the option, in a
! ;; cons-cell whose car evaluate to the customized value.
;; 3. The saved value.
;; This is last value saved from customize.
;; It is stored in the 'saved-value' property of the option, in a
! ;; cons-cell whose car evaluate to the saved value.
;; 4. The standard value.
;; This is the value given in the 'defcustom' declaration.
;; It is stored in the 'standard-value' property of the option, in a
! ;; cons-cell whose car evaluate to the standard value.
;; 5. The "think" value.
;; This is what customize think the current value should be.
! ;; This is the customize value, if any such value exists, otherwise
;; the saved value, if that exists, and as a last resort the standard
;; value.
;; The reason for storing values unevaluated: This is so you can have
;; values that depend on the environment. For example, you can have a
! ;; valiable that has one value when Emacs is running under a window
;; system, and another value on a tty. Since the evaluation is only done
! ;; when the variable is firsty initialized, this is only relevant for the
;; saved (and standard) values, but affect others values for
;; compatibility.
--- 55,89 ----
;; This is the last value given to the option through customize.
;; It is stored in the 'customized-value' property of the option, in a
! ;; cons-cell whose car evaluates to the customized value.
;; 3. The saved value.
;; This is last value saved from customize.
;; It is stored in the 'saved-value' property of the option, in a
! ;; cons-cell whose car evaluates to the saved value.
;; 4. The standard value.
;; This is the value given in the 'defcustom' declaration.
;; It is stored in the 'standard-value' property of the option, in a
! ;; cons-cell whose car evaluates to the standard value.
;; 5. The "think" value.
;; This is what customize think the current value should be.
! ;; This is the customized value, if any such value exists, otherwise
;; the saved value, if that exists, and as a last resort the standard
;; value.
;; The reason for storing values unevaluated: This is so you can have
;; values that depend on the environment. For example, you can have a
! ;; variable that has one value when Emacs is running under a window
;; system, and another value on a tty. Since the evaluation is only done
! ;; when the variable is first initialized, this is only relevant for the
;; saved (and standard) values, but affect others values for
;; compatibility.
***************
*** 120,126 ****
;; 6. rogue
! ;; There are no standard value.
;; 7. hidden
--- 120,131 ----
;; 6. rogue
! ;; There is no standard value. This means that the variable was
! ;; not defined with defcustom. In newer Emacs versions, you can
! ;; not create a Custom buffer for such variables using the normal
! ;; interactive Custom commands. However, such Custom buffers can
! ;; be created in other ways, for instance, by calling
! ;; `customize-option' non-interactively.
;; 7. hidden
***************
*** 1671,1685 ****
the value displayed for this %c is invalid and cannot be set.")
(modified "*" custom-modified-face "\
you have edited the value as text, but you have not set the %c." "\
! you have edited something in this group, but not set anything yet.")
(set "+" custom-set-face "\
you have set this %c, but not saved it for future sessions." "\
! you have set something in this group, but not saved anything yet.")
(changed ":" custom-changed-face "\
this %c has been changed outside the customize buffer." "\
something in this group has been changed outside customize.")
(saved "!" custom-saved-face "\
! You have set this %c and saved it through Customize in your init file." "\
something in this group has been set and saved.")
(rogue "@" custom-rogue-face "\
this %c has not been changed with customize." "\
--- 1676,1690 ----
the value displayed for this %c is invalid and cannot be set.")
(modified "*" custom-modified-face "\
you have edited the value as text, but you have not set the %c." "\
! you have edited something in this group, but not set it.")
(set "+" custom-set-face "\
you have set this %c, but not saved it for future sessions." "\
! you have set something in this group, but not saved it.")
(changed ":" custom-changed-face "\
this %c has been changed outside the customize buffer." "\
something in this group has been changed outside customize.")
(saved "!" custom-saved-face "\
! You have set and saved this %c through Customize." "\
something in this group has been set and saved.")
(rogue "@" custom-rogue-face "\
this %c has not been changed with customize." "\
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