[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#1246: closed (Bug : 23.0.60; "customize emacs" overwrites "custom-set-variables" in .emacs)

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> Bug : 23.0.60; "customize emacs" overwrites "custom-set-variables" in .emacs
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> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:30:38 -0400
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> I used the "customize emacs" options and made permanent changes
> (regarding fonts if I remember correctly). Emacs
> changed the .emacs file on disk and modified the
> "custom-set-variables". The problem was that all the old
> custom-set-variables (like tex-output-view-style and stuff) were
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> Don't know if this is intended but it's quite annoying.
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> This absolutely isn't supposed to happen. The whole purpose of customize
> would be defeated and there would be lots of bug reports.
> But since there aren't lots of these reports, I'm afraid the problem
> must have been something peculiar to your settings somehow.
> (Random guess: maybe you had multiple custom-set-variables sections - as
> it says there must be only one.)
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> Without a reproducible recipe showing us how you got into this state,
> I'm afraid there is nothing we can do.
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> If you have such info, please reply and we can reopen this report.
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> You can view the whole report at http://debbugs.gnu.org/BUGNUMBER
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