Re: toolbar/specifiers

Jeff> have toolbar specifiers changed recently? Not that I know of. Jeff> When I try to do Jeff> '(set-specifier default-toolbar (list (current-buffer) w3m-toolbar))' Jeff> used in w3m-update-toolbar This is wrong. First of all, using compound instantiators is deprecated usage (cf. C-h f set-specifier); this call could, and therefore should, be written (set-specifier default-toolbar w3m-toolbar (current-buffer)) using the LOCALE argument. Second, the instantiator in the actual call can be interpreted in three ways: (cons (current-buffer) (list w3m-toolbar)) ie, a cons of a locale and a (singleton) list of toolbar specs. This is a valid instantiator. Alternatively, it could treat this as (cons (current-buffer) (list (list [] [] ...))) ie, a cons of a valid locale and an invalid (single) toolbar spec. Finally, `canonicalize-spec-list' is evidently treating it as: (list (current-buffer) w3m-toolbar) ie, a list of toolbar specs, and then attempting to validate `(current-buffer)' as a toolbar spec. Woof! The Attentive Reader[tm] will have noticed that in Lisp these three interpretations cannot be disambiguated, so you see why compound instantiators are deprecated. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.