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Subject: Re: Change `customize-save-variable' to work under "emacs -Q"?
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> If you run "emacs -Q", and you have a piece of code that calls
> `customize-save-variable', it will error out, saying that it won't
> overwrite the conf.
>
> Would anybody mind if I changed that function to not error out, but
> instead just do a `setq' on the variable in question, if we're running
> under -Q?

I think this is fine.