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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4449301: * etc/NEWS: Improve documentation of '
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4449301: * etc/NEWS: Improve documentation of 'package-initialize'. |
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Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:49:47 -0400 |
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> It is a defcustom (a user option), but:
> 1. It's ineffective when set from the custom interface, since it has
> to be in the early init file. Right?
I guess it can still be effective if you load your custom-file from
early-init.el, but indeed it's rather unlikely to be effective in
Emacsā„27.
> 2. It is a user option, but gets set automatically by
> package-initialize. This makes it a bit confusing, because
> describe-variable says:
Indeed, and this problem already existed before.
> Would this be better as a defvar instead?
I think you're right.
Stefan