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authorLuc Teirlinck <[email protected]>2004-07-29 01:47:01 +0000
committerLuc Teirlinck <[email protected]>2004-07-29 01:47:01 +0000
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(defcustom): Doc fix.
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@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ The following keywords are meaningful:
Specifies that SYMBOL should be set after the list of variables
VARIABLES when both have been customized.
+If SYMBOL has a local binding, then this form affects the local
+binding. This is normally not what you want. Thus, if you need
+to load a file defining variables with this form, or with
+`defvar' or `defconst', you should always load that file
+_outside_ any bindings for these variables. \(`defvar' and
+`defconst' behave similarly in this respect.)
+
Read the section about customization in the Emacs Lisp manual for more
information."
;; It is better not to use backquote in this file,