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

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: Re: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs
 manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:10:15 +0200

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

> Do you have an example of a variable with a :set for which it isn't
> problematic to use setq, and an example for which it is?

Do you mean after loading/starting the package?  I guess most of them
are problematic after loading, like (at random) vcursor-key-bindings.

Most variable that's autoloaded and has a :set can probably be set
safely with setq (before loading the .el file).

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