changeset 56558:e897db553e21

(defcustom): Doc fix.
author Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
date Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:47:01 +0000
parents 8967ea893ac2
children ac573231cc6d
files lisp/custom.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/custom.el	Thu Jul 29 01:41:36 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/custom.el	Thu Jul 29 01:47:01 2004 +0000
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@
 	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,