GNU bug report logs - #38696
"If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up"

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 38696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38696: "If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up"
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:08:50 -0500

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  > Let's say the user wants to make the font bigger.
  > In emacs he goes into the menu bar and picks "Options" > "Set
  > Default Font", makes it bigger, and then chooses "Save Options", which
  > pastes some "custom-set" code into his .emacs file
  > that even contains a warning "If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up",
  > meaning for the rest of his life he should just play it safe and stick
  > with the menus.

Would you please show us what this looks like?

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