diff lisp/cus-edit.el @ 90054:f2ebccfa87d4

Revision: [e-mail]--gnu-2004/emacs--unicode--0--patch-74 Merge from emacs--cvs-trunk--0 Patches applied: * [e-mail]--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-709 Update from CVS: src/indent.c (Fvertical_motion): Fix last change. * [e-mail]--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-710 - [e-mail]--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-715 Update from CVS * [e-mail]--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-716 Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * [e-mail]--gnu-2004/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-74 Update from CVS

--- a/lisp/cus-edit.el	Mon Dec 06 12:38:25 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/cus-edit.el	Wed Dec 08 05:02:30 2004 +0000
@@ -3678,8 +3678,13 @@
 (defcustom custom-file nil
   "File used for storing customization information.
 The default is nil, which means to use your init file
-as specified by `user-init-file'.  If you specify some other file,
-you need to explicitly load that file for the settings to take effect.
+as specified by `user-init-file'.  If the value is not nil,
+it should be an absolute file name.
+
+To make this feature work, you'll need to put something in your
+init file to specify the value of `custom-file'.  Just
+customizing the variable won't suffice, because Emacs won't know
+which file to load unless the init file sets `custom-file'.
 
 When you change this variable, look in the previous custom file
 \(usually your init file) for the forms `(custom-set-variables ...)'