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On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

> Even better (to me [and to Erik Naggum ;-)]) would be if Customize could
> let you generate and maintain "normal" Elisp code.
>
> E.g. when you change a setting, it looks for "(setq <thevar> <oldval>)"
> in your .emacs file, rewrites it to "(setq <thevar> <newval>) ;Was
> <oldval>" and shows you the result.
>
> IOW turn Customize into a UI that lets you browse settings and that can
> show you what code to use to change them.
>

+100

/john