GNU bug report logs - #21695
25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:51:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs
 manual to `customize-set-variable'
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 00:30:23 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please (case by case) change examples that use `setq' to set an option
> value, so that they instead use one of the Customize functions
> (`customize-set-variable', `custom-set-variables', etc.).

No, using setq for user options is fine.  Closing.

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