From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Defining capture-templates: custom and init file Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 22:33:19 -0800 Message-ID: <20110307223319.2aa9944b@bhishma.homelinux.net> References: <20110307213932.4dbda28a@bhishma.homelinux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45517 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PwqU4-0003aI-Kt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:33:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PwqU2-0001Od-UQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:33:28 -0500 Received: from mail-yi0-f41.google.com ([209.85.218.41]:39453) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PwqU2-0001OQ-RZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:33:26 -0500 Received: by yib2 with SMTP id 2so2483145yib.0 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:33:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: org-mode Hi Alan, On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:13:34 +1000 "Alan E. Davis" wrote: > I have noticed the message from within the customization interface > that some variable or another was set outside of customization, and > there may be unpredictable results. Wonder what that really means, > though. It's still a variable, isn't it? > Say you customise the templates outside your custom-set-variables block. Now if you use the customise your templates with customize and save them, it will be saved in the custom-set-variables block. For the current session of emacs you might not experience any problems, but when you restart emacs depending on which comes first the setq or the custom-set-variables your templates will be set accordingly. It is difficult to predict for me which will be the case. For more on this you can look here[1]. Hope this helps you understand the issue with what you are attempting. [1] http://www.dotemacs.de/custbuffer.html > Alan -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.