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: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
To: 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:07:07 -0400

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> There are a few customization options that are not really variables
> and need to be set with `customize-set-variable'.

> * indicate the few customization options
>    which are not really variables.

Searching emacs 27.2 elisp source I find about 400 hits for :set.

Searching my installed packages I find about 30 more.

That seems like more than a few.

-- 

Howard
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