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From: | Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: | Re: customize-set-(value|variable) [was: apropos commands for commands, user options, all functions, all variables] |
Date: | Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:33:59 +0000 (UTC) |
1. Rename `customize-set-value' to `set-option', and `customize-set-variable' to `set-option-default' ... We don't currently suggest to users that they use those commands, so making them easier to use does not seem like an important goal. As a rule, no one ever should use the customize commands unless they are a novice or unless they do not understand a feature like fonts. They are to help, not to replace `setq'. The reason is that the customize commands provide even less an increment of knowledge than `setq' because they are so readily interactive and do not require additional knowledge. In a .emacs file, you must read the documentation on a variable although that often tells little. I fear that I still do not understand fonts because my interactions with them has been through customize ... -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 address@hidden address@hidden http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc
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