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On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 09:27:59PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> |> The `Lisp world' is a superset of the customize one.
> 
> This isn't actually true any more.  There are already variables that do
> any effect only when set through customize.

... but they're still visible from lisp, so they still confuse people.

This is actually a good example of a mechanism established for the use of
customize which ends up `dirtying the waters' for people who use anything
more.

-miles
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