Re: Variable that can be set only through customize

[Julien Cubizolles]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> While configuring AUCTex, I came upon this variable
>> LaTeX-math-abbrev-prefix that can only be set through customize. That's
>> what the docstring says, and indeed I can't change its value using
>> setq. What's the purpose of this limitation ? Is there a way to
>> circumvent it ?

> To set an option value programmatically, you will want to first check the
> option definition - its `defcustom'.  Once you understand that you will be
> in a better position to know what you might need to do when setting the
> value.

Thanks for this very thorough answer.

> If you intend to set option values using Lisp, you will want to become
> familiar with (at least) these Customize functions: `customize-set-value',
> `customize-set-variable'.

That's what I had settled on.

Julien.