Re: setting non-user variables

[tomas]

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On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 07:20:03AM -0700, Drew Adams wrote:

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> Yes, `set-variable' is for "user variables", aka user options,
> only, aka symbols that satisfy predicate `user-variable-p'.
> 
> Today, that means a variable that is defined using defcustom,
> or an alias to such a variable.
> 
> It USED to also mean any variable whose doc string begins with `*'.
> Alas (IMHO), this feature was removed from Emacs 23 (i.e., long ago).

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Thanks for the details. This makes my hunches more concrete
(without me having to look all that up: you're spoiling me :)

Cheers
- -- tomás
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