Re: customize-variable

[Stefan Reichör]

On Wed, 08 Jan 2003, Shao Zhang told this:

>  Hi,
>  
>  I really hate to use customize-variable, but sometimes I have to
>  use it coz I have no idea what the variable's format is.
>  
>  I have my config sorted out nicely into different files like .gnus,
>  .emacs, and all of them are cvs controlled as well. However, every
>  time I use customize-variable, it simply inserts the information
>  randomly to a customize block, I had to manually move them around,
>  or cut into different files in order to keep them readable. And it
>  even get worse when cvs merge my config changes from different
>  machines.
>  
>  So how does everybody else live with customize-variable?
>  
>  Thanks
>  
>  Shao.

You could set:
(setq custom-file "~/.emacs-customize")

This puts the customize block in a different file

Stefan.