Re: How to obtain customize :type for an option at runtime?

[Lennart Borgman]

Drew Adams wrote:
> How can I determine, for a given user option, what its Customize :type is?
>
> For example, function `user-variable-p' tests whether a symbol is a user
> option, but what if I want to test whether a variable is a toggle (binary)
> option?
>
> Although not all options that can act as toggles are defined with a simple
> ":type 'boolean" in Customize (far from it, and there are good reasons for
> that), obtaining such :type info would be a start.
>   
It is in the symbol property list:

   (get 'your-symbol 'custom-type)