From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:07:14 +0200 Message-ID: <86bmnlsz31.fsf@zoho.com> References: <1502373086.1171866.1069247696.71F9FED4@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8660dvuzsr.fsf@zoho.com> <1502436066.2568371.1070085968.1D25E0E7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <861soitdq1.fsf@zoho.com> <86o9rmruil.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502478482 18840 195.159.176.226 (11 Aug 2017 19:08:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:08:02 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 11 21:07:58 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dgFHl-0004P0-V6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:07:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38652 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgFHs-0005FS-2B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:08:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55326) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgFHO-0005EH-CI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:07:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgFHL-0004Ps-82 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:07:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=54139 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dgFHL-0004P7-18 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:07:27 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dgFHC-0002QT-Aq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:07:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 35 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:Cq2sLxq2AXca91voA0CAgYgVZ0I= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113991 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > Thre seems to be some misunderstanding in > this thread, regarding the opposition "use > setq" vs "use Customize". > > `setq' is fine for setting a user-option > value, but *ONLY IF* DANGER! > It is fine to use Lisp. It is generally not > advisable to use it without knowing what the > functions you use do (or don't do). > That's one way to learn, of course, - by > experimenting, but it can also help to read > the fine manual. For setting single variables, one would think using common sense, and the kind of common sense that comes with using computers every day and evermore pushing the envelope to increase one's understanding, it would seem this would be enough, at the very least if the docstring (help system) also is consulted for the specific setting. But reading the manual is always encouraged, of course. If the docstring isn't enough, but the manual is, one can report it as a bug and suggest how the docstring can be improved. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573