At least since FSF emacs 21.1.1 there is a ":set-after" parameter for the defcustom macro that maybe solves your problem in a more general way.
Because it seams to be introduced not before the version noted above, there is no documentation in the reference manual, type C-h f defcustom. Regards Stefan > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Paul Kinnucan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 22:37 > An: Mike Charnoky > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: jde-jdk save/load errors > > > Mike Charnoky writes: > > I have been modifying jde-jdk and jde-jdk-registry lately. > This feature > > works great and has allowed me to use Sun's JDK for > debugging, since I've > > had problems with IBM's. However, when I save my setup, > it fails to load > > properly. Upon reloading, jde-jdk's value is (""). The > jde-jdk-registry > > is loaded properly, however. The .emacs file looks fine: > > > > I believe this is a bug related to the dependency of jde-jdk > on jde-jdk-registry. jde-jdk must be defined after > jde-jdk-registry since it refers to options > determined by jde-jdk-registry. However, the code that Emacs > writes in your .emacs file to set these variables sets them > in alphabetical order, which is the > wrong order. I will have to rename these variables so that > the name of the variable that specifies the active jdk comes > after the name of the variable that > specifies the set of available JDKs on your system, e.g., > > jde-jdk-registry > jde-jdk-selected > > I'm open to suggestions for renaming these variables. > > Meanwhile, as a workaround, edit your .emacs file so that > the line that sets jde-jdk comes after the line that sets > jde-jdk-registry or, alternatively, create a project file > and save your customization for jde-jdk in the project > file, leaving your customization for jde-jdk-registry > in your .emacs file. Whenever you change jde-jdk, save > it in your project file (C-c C-v C-p). This avoids the > need for you to edit your .emacs file evey time you > change JDKs. > > - Paul > > > > ;; JDEE stuff and other vars > > (custom-set-variables > > ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't > edit or cut/paste > > it! > > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > > '(jde-compile-option-debug (quote ("all" (t nil nil)))) > > '(jde-compiler (quote ("jikes" ""))) > > '(jde-db-source-directories (quote ("" "~/cvs-devel/Java"))) > > '(jde-debugger (quote ("JDEbug"))) > > '(jde-jdk (quote ("Sun 1.3.1_02"))) > > '(jde-jdk-doc-url > "http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/index.html";) > > '(jde-jdk-registry (quote (("" . "") ("IBM 1.3.0 SR13" . > > "/usr/local/jdks-ibm/IBMJava2-13-20020124") ("Sun 1.3.1_02" . > > "/usr/local/jdks-sun/jdk1.3.1_02")))) > > '(query-user-mail-address nil) > > '(user-mail-address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]")) > > > > I tried swapping jde-jdk and jde-jdk-registry, thinking > that the registry > > needed to be loaded first, but this didn't work. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Mike > > >
