Re: Documentation not clear for the Lisp function set-variable

[David Kastrup]

"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:

>     Actually, I forgot that, unlike customize-face, customize-variable
>     does not allow to enter variables that are defvarred or defvaraliased,
>     rather than defcustomed.
>
> I think that is partly a bug--it should allow an alias if its "real"
> name has a defcustom.

But then it should go to the customize dialog for the "real"
variable.  Everything else would be too confusing in the long run,
particularly if you are saving options in your .emacs file.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum