Re: User interaction with .emacs when customising variables

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026, at 8:43 PM, Heime wrote:
> When using the customization command via `M-x customize'
> to set the value, one can click on the button to Save for
> Future Sessions.
>
> Emacs will write the new expression into the .emacs file.
> I wonder whether users do actually ever interact with their
> .emacs itself when playing the customisations through defcustom.

i think i have done, many years ago, but i always stayed out of the custom-set-variables list while emacs is running.  as far as i understand, messing with other parts of the file should be fine so long as customize can find that list.  if you temporarily have mismatched parentheses before it, i guess you'll have a little problem.

in eshell, when you redirect to a file and the file is open and visible, you can watch the buffer change as the data comes in. :)