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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-08-01 14:48:09 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-08-01 14:48:09 +0200
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Doc string clarification for defcustom
* lisp/custom.el (defcustom): Mention `custom-declare-variable' in the doc string(bug#22703).
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@@ -336,6 +336,11 @@ to load a file defining variables with this form, or with
_outside_ any bindings for these variables. (`defvar' and
`defconst' behave similarly in this respect.)
+This macro calls `custom-declare-variable'. If you want to
+programmatically alter a customizable variable (for instance, to
+write a package that extends the syntax of a variable), you can
+call that functcion directly.
+
See Info node `(elisp) Customization' in the Emacs Lisp manual
for more information."
(declare (doc-string 3) (debug (name body)))