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diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el index bffd30bff21..71dcfb424e5 100644 --- a/lisp/custom.el +++ b/lisp/custom.el @@ -934,16 +934,21 @@ Each of the arguments in ARGS should be a list of this form: (SYMBOL EXP [NOW [REQUEST [COMMENT]]]) -This stores EXP (without evaluating it) as the saved value for SYMBOL. -If NOW is present and non-nil, then also evaluate EXP and set -the default value for the SYMBOL to the value of EXP. +SYMBOL is the variable name, and EXP is an expression which +evaluates to the customized value. EXP will also be stored, +without evaluating it, in SYMBOL's `saved-value' property, so +that it can be restored via the Customize interface. It is also +added to the alist in SYMBOL's `theme-value' property \(by +calling `custom-push-theme'). -REQUEST is a list of features we must require in order to -handle SYMBOL properly. -COMMENT is a comment string about SYMBOL. +NOW, if present and non-nil, means to install the variable's +value directly now, even if its `defcustom' declaration has not +been executed. This is for internal use only. + +REQUEST is a list of features to `require' (which are loaded +prior to evaluating EXP). -EXP itself is saved unevaluated as SYMBOL property `saved-value' and -in SYMBOL's list property `theme-value' \(using `custom-push-theme')." +COMMENT is a comment string about SYMBOL." (custom-check-theme theme) ;; Process all the needed autoloads before anything else, so that the |