Re: Documentation for custom-file - is not (load custom-file) needed?

[Richard Stallman]

    2.  The current docstring does not make clear that you do not need to
        set `custom-file' in your init file, if you set it through Custom
        and explicitly load it in your init file, which to me seems
        somewhat cleaner anyway, if you set it with a defcustom elsewhere.

    3.  It explains why it is _not_ outright silly to set it through Custom,
        even though you have to edit .emacs anyway.

We're still considering whether to change this, so let's finish
that before we work further on documenting such details.