Re: How to watch a variable?

[Daniel Jensen]

"Ye Wenbin" <wenbinye@gmail.com> writes:

> I found an anony problem. I customize set outline-regexp, but
> the variable is change when start up. I don't know which part
> of my .emacs changed the value.

It's often set by major modes. Your default value is then overridden
locally in those buffers. You can add a hook function to the modes where
you want your own default value, like this:

    (add-hook 'foo-mode-hook
              (lambda ()
                (setq outline-regexp (default-value 'outline-regexp))))

Also, keep in mind that customize will not change the variable until
outline has loaded. You can avoid this problem by using setq in your
init file instead.

If this doesn't solve your problem, it's possible as you say that
outline-regexp was set elsewhere in an init file.