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author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 25 Mar 1995 18:07:05 +0000
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133 (setq news-inews-program "/usr/bin/inews") 133 (setq news-inews-program "/usr/bin/inews")
134 134
135 is how you would override the default value of the variable 135 is how you would override the default value of the variable
136 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews"). 136 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews").
137
138 Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the
139 variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the
140 variable should have. If you don't pay attention to what you are
141 doing, you'll make a mistake.
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138 Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must 143 Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must
139 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look 144 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
140 something up in the system's password and user information database. 145 something up in the system's password and user information database.
141 See `./PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects. 146 See `./PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.