2010-02-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+ * custom.el (custom-initialize-delay): Doc fix.
+
* mail/sendmail.el (send-mail-function): Autoload the call
to custom-initialize-delay, not otherwise preserved in loaddefs.el.
(defun custom-initialize-delay (symbol value)
"Delay initialization of SYMBOL to the next Emacs start.
-This is used in files that are preloaded, so that the initialization is
-done in the run-time context rather than the build-time context.
-This also has the side-effect that the (delayed) initialization is performed
-with the :setter."
+This is used in files that are preloaded (or for autoloaded
+variables), so that the initialization is done in the run-time
+context rather than the build-time context. This also has the
+side-effect that the (delayed) initialization is performed with
+the :set function.
+
+For variables in preloaded files, you can simply use this
+function for the :initialize property. For autoloaded variables,
+you will also need to add an autoload stanza calling this
+function, and another one setting the standard-value property.
+See `send-mail-function' in sendmail.el for an example."
;; Until the var is actually initialized, it is kept unbound.
;; This seemed to be at least as good as setting it to an arbitrary
;; value like nil (evaluating `value' is not an option because it