Re: Emacs FAQ for Emacs 22.1

[David Kastrup]

Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>
>    While we decided not to introduce any changes that would render it
>    impossible to set variables without Custom, there is little point
>    in documenting other ways in the manuals.
>
> We currently _do_ document both ways more or less equally in the Emacs
> manual.  The Custom way in `(emacs)Easy Customization' and the .emacs
> way in `(emacs)Init File'.  I do not see any reason to change that.
> Several types of customization (say keybindings) can not even be done
> through Custom.

Which is a problem we need to address at some point of time.  It is
something people complain about.  There is little point in documenting
the use of Lisp where this interferes with Custom though.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum