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

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, "21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Cc: Kevin Vigouroux <ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:36:43 +0000

> > @Drew: You should review your answer on Emacs Stack
> > Exchange because it is misleading.
> 
> Thanks for letting me know, but that's too vague.
> It's not clear to me what you think is misleading.
> 
> Maybe add a comment there, or here, or send me an
> email?  You've apparently reviewed it and found
> something misleading.  What did you find?

Dunno if this is what you had in mind, but I just
added mention of minor-mode variables - use the
minor-mode function to set them.  That's a special
case, and yes, in general using a Customize function
to set such an option directly is not TRT.

(The other thing mentioned in (elisp) `Init Syntax'
is buffer-local variables, which doesn't apply to
user options.)
___

IMHO, not only the Emacs manual but the Init File
sections of the Elisp manual as well should be
updated to _generally guide against_ using `setq'
for user options.

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