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

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Juri Linkov wrote:
> `customize-set-variable' is useful as a "command-line" replacement of the
> Customization UI.

Thanks, I think that should be mentioned in the manual.

> > I think there maybe is missing a very important piece of information from
> > the doc string of custom-set-variables. Doest not calling that function
> > set where to store customizations too?
>
> Do you mean the docstring of `custom-set-variables' should mention that
> normally the function `custom-set-variables' should be called from the
> init file .emacs?

I might misremember, but does not custom-set-variables make custom 
remember where to store changes? So perhaps calling it from somewhere 
else than that file might confuse custom?