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Trying again.] ---- If you use a :set entry for defcustom, it is not respected by `set-variable'. It should be. When a user uses `M-x set-variable' s?he should get the effect of :set. Otherwise, the defcustom is not serving its purpose. defcustom is not only for Customize - it needs to work with `set-variable' also. And it does, for :type; but it does not, for :set. In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-06-28 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/xpm/include'