Re: Why not tell about customize-set-variable?

[Juri Linkov]

>>    If I understand it correctly customize-set-variable can be used for
>>    those who prefer to edit .emacs rather than use the custom interface.
>>
>> The two I know of are custom-set-faces and custom-set-variables.  They
>> are put automatically into an initialization file by the Custom user
>> interface (that is how I discovered them) and can be edited manually.
>>
>> Their expressions look like this (from my .emacs file):
>>
>>         (custom-set-variables '(Info-fontify t))

BTW, `Info-fontify' is an obsolete variable according to the comment
in `Info-mode-hook'.

>>         (custom-set-faces
>>          '(font-lock-comment-face
>>            ((((class color) (background dark)) (:foreground "yellow")))))
>>
>>     If so should not this be documented in Info?
>>
>> Yes, they should; I did not realize they weren't!
>
> custom-set-variable is on another level.

`customize-set-variable' is useful as a "command-line" replacement of the
Customization UI.

> I think there maybe is missing a very important piece of information from
> the doc string of custom-set-variables. Doest not calling that function
> set where to store customizations too?

Do you mean the docstring of `custom-set-variables' should mention that
normally the function `custom-set-variables' should be called from the
init file .emacs?

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Juri Linkov
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