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>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, hmelman <at> gmail.com, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:15:36 +0200

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:

> Hmm...  Unless I'm missing something, the case you mention (setq'ing a
> variable before the .el file is loaded) will not issue a warning.  The
> example I used is (setq gdb-many-windows t).

That's not an autoloaded variable (well, minor mode), so Emacs doesn't
know that it has a :set when .emacs is loaded.

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