|--==> "jpw" == John Paul Wallington <jpw(a)shootybangbang.com&gt; writes: jpw> Could somebody explain or provide a pointer to the conventions jpw> that govern which defcustom forms have autoload cookies for jpw> XEmacs packages? I'm not sure if this answers your question, but I did it this way for Eicq. No defcustom's or defgroup's have an autoload cookie, and I have this function... ,---- | ;;;###autoload | (defun eicq-customize () | "Interactively customize settings and preferences." | (interactive) | (customize-group 'eicq)) `---- And 'M-x eicq-customize' from 'xemacs -vanilla' works fine. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

On 22 Feb 2002, Stephen J. Turnbull uttered the following: You don't even need an autoload on the defcustom for that to happen; having a defcustom is enough. (And it's custom-load.el ;} ) -- `The classical music makes him feel tranquil and loved so he performs regularly. What a life for a guy. He gets to make love every day with an artificial cow.'

jpw> I see. Sorry about the noise. Not at all. You merely added to my list of "stuff to learn about and document." "The only stupid questions are the unasked ones."[1] If you really feel that bad, you can document it yourself. Or maybe Nix will. ;-) Footnotes: [1] Of course, FAQs don't necessarily qualify since they've already been asked. :-P But this is no FAQ. :-) -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.