Re: Somewhat reliable multimedia management for Emacs?

Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> writes:

>>
>> The descriptions of =E2=80=98emms-player-list=E2=80=99 and
>> =E2=80=98emms-info-functions=E2=80=99 say that these variables are user
>> options (instead of ordinary variables).
>>
>> Starting with Emacs 29, =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99 is recommended in place=
 of
>> =E2=80=98setq=E2=80=99 for user options.  This has two advantages over
>> =E2=80=98setq=E2=80=99.  From the docstring for =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99:
>>
>>   1. It allows the authors to use a =E2=80=98custom-set=E2=80=99 form for
>>      the user option, if desired.
>>
>>   2. It emits a warning when the type of the value specified
>>      does not match the type of the user option (especially
>>      useful for new users of a given option).
>>
>> Possibly, this could be used in the next version of EMMS?
>
> That example is just that; an example. It's from the quickstart section
> of the Emms manual. I can change the documentation to use setopt no
> problem though.

Also, the command =E2=80=98emms-setup-discover=E2=80=99 generates =E2=80=98=
setq=E2=80=99
expressions instead of =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99 expressions.  I expect that
you know if there are other functions that could be updated
to use =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99.

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