From 904be8784cfd18cd920668c1d5b3a33353c6bb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 17:21:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] * lisp/simple.el (set-variable): Doc fix. --- lisp/simple.el | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index 0729d8c353..5ee32d5a78 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -7314,6 +7314,10 @@ it were the arg to `interactive' (which see) to interactively read VALUE. If VARIABLE has been defined with `defcustom', then the type information in the definition is used to check that VALUE is valid. +Note that this function is at heart equivalent to the basic `set' function. +For a VARIABLE defined with `defcustom', it is not the same as using +\\[customize-variable]. + With a prefix argument, set VARIABLE to VALUE buffer-locally." (interactive (let* ((default-var (variable-at-point)) -- 2.39.2