Re: Somewhat reliable multimedia management for Emacs?

"Fran Burstall (Gmail)" <[email protected]> writes:

>>
>> Also, the command =E2=80=98emms-setup-discover=E2=80=99 generates =E2=80=
=98setq=E2=80=99
>> expressions instead of =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99 expressions.  I expect t=
hat
>> you know if there are other functions that could be updated
>> to use =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99.
>
>
> Hmmm, this would force the minimum emacs version with which emms is
> compatible to be 29, no?  Is that desirable?
>
> ---Fran

Not desirable, nor necessary. Emms currently compiles cleanly on 30.1,
so I don't see a problem.

> On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 at 15:16, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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 us=
er
>> >> options (instead of ordinary variables).
>> >>
>> >> Starting with Emacs 29, =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99 is recommended in pl=
ace 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=
=98setq=E2=80=99
>> expressions instead of =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99 expressions.  I expect t=
hat
>> you know if there are other functions that could be updated
>> to use =E2=80=98setopt=E2=80=99.
>>
>> --
>> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
>> - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds.
>>
>>

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