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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, hmelman <at> gmail.com, 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:56:04 +0300

> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:00:15 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
> Cc: 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, hmelman <at> gmail.com, rms <at> gnu.org
> 
> I just checked: on the current trunk, there are 331 defcustoms with a 
> :set.  Out of these, only 49 are set with setq, 33 only at one place, and 
> 16 more than once.  That would require changing 85 setq's into set's.

Please don't.  This is a tail wagging the dog.  We will not disallow
using 'setq' in a setter of a defcustom, it would be ridiculous if we
did.  I'd rather leave this minor issue unsolved than taking such
drastic actions.
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