Re: Why not tell about customize-set-variable?

[Robert J. Chassell]

   If I understand it correctly customize-set-variable can be used for
   those who prefer to edit .emacs rather than use the custom interface.

The two I know of are custom-set-faces and custom-set-variables.  They
are put automatically into an initialization file by the Custom user
interface (that is how I discovered them) and can be edited manually.

Their expressions look like this (from my .emacs file):

        (custom-set-variables '(Info-fontify t))

        (custom-set-faces
         '(font-lock-comment-face
           ((((class color) (background dark)) (:foreground "yellow")))))

    If so should not this be documented in Info?

Yes, they should; I did not realize they weren't!

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