Re: Eliminating "changed in Emacs outside of Customize"

[Stefan Monnier]

> It does not seem to justify the statement above.  The statement is not
> limited to init files.  It seems to say that *any* setting of the
> variable from outside Custom would cause trouble.  But this only
> explains why setting the variable *in .emacs* would cause trouble.

> If we arranged to record a list of all defcustomed variables that are
> explicitly set in other ways from within .emacs, would that make it
> possible to solve this problem?

If we arranged to record such a list, the only source of problem left would
be wrong external packages, which might be a more acceptable risk.
I have no idea how to arrange to record such a list, tho.


        Stefan