Subject: Re: bug#21695: [External] : bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:42:42 -0400

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  > Our manual documents Emacs, not every piece of Lisp out there.  If
  > customizable options in 3rd-party packages need different
  > instructions, the developers of those packages should document them.

Well said.

We can't take responsibility for everything in the software world that
relates to our work.

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