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: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: hmelman <at> gmail.com, 21695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:38:19 -0400

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I wrote

  > I have a feeling that most of those 462 with :set actually require
  > that people use customize-set-variable to set them in the init file.
  > I suspect that, for most of them, :set is meant to handle the case
  > where you change the setting once the feature is already in use.

but I meant to add "not".

  > I have a feeling that most of those 462 with :set don't actually require
  > that people use customize-set-variable to set them in the init file.
  > I suspect that, for most of them, :set is meant to handle the case
  > where you change the setting once the feature is already in use.

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