From 716f8cb1f93473189ace3c5165936bd836792af0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 14:48:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Doc string clarification for defcustom * lisp/custom.el (defcustom): Mention `custom-declare-variable' in the doc string(bug#22703). --- lisp/custom.el | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el index 736460fec7b..9bd9712b65c 100644 --- a/lisp/custom.el +++ b/lisp/custom.el @@ -336,6 +336,11 @@ to load a file defining variables with this form, or with _outside_ any bindings for these variables. (`defvar' and `defconst' behave similarly in this respect.) +This macro calls `custom-declare-variable'. If you want to +programmatically alter a customizable variable (for instance, to +write a package that extends the syntax of a variable), you can +call that functcion directly. + See Info node `(elisp) Customization' in the Emacs Lisp manual for more information." (declare (doc-string 3) (debug (name body))) -- 2.39.2