On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:13 AM Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> wrote:

> If all customs were equivalent to a setq, I could do the old way
> (organize on my own, with various (setq some-thing some-value)), however
> more and more packages seem to need actual M-x customize assignment (a
> simple setq won't make the change take proper effect).

There's `setopt', now.

> In close to 15 years of using Emacs, I've never opted for M-x customize
> when other alternatives would do as a user

Same here (and just realized this month marks the 25th anniversary of my
emacsing).