bug#38696: "If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up"

[arthur miller]

> The user is no longer in full control, but must > maintain it via an
> interface (the menus.)

Actually it says "you should be careful". It does not says you should never edit it. I don't think you have reason to edit it by hand, especially if you redirect customize saves to different file then your init, but you certainly can if you wish (and know what you are doing).

-------- Originalmeddelande --------

Från: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>

Datum: 2019-12-22 01:37 (GMT+01:00)

Till: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>

Kopia: 38696@debbugs.gnu.org

Ämne: bug#38696: "If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up"

>>>>> "RMS" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

RMS> Would you please show us what this looks like?

$ cat .emacs
(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:family "DejaVu Sans Mono" :foundry "PfEd" :slant normal :weight normal :height 218 :width normal)))))

There is no way offered to "decompile" this into something that all
those Emacs manuals talk about when introducing how to edit your .emacs
file.

The user is no longer in full control, but must maintain it via an
interface (the menus.)