Re: fancy-splash-screen customize group...

[Lennart Borgman]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>    There is still no clear item telling people how to find customizations
>    though.  I think there should be a new item, 'Finding Customizations'.
>
> What would this node contain?
>  
I have attached a suggestion for this (actually in a reply to a previous 
message where you asked for this). It also changes to

! * Saving Customizations::    How to save customizations in a different 
file.
!                                 And why they can not be saved when 
emacs was
!                                 invoked with -Q.

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  @menu
  * Groups: Customization Groups.   How options are classified in a structure.
  * Changing a Variable::      How to edit a value and set an option.
! * Saving Customizations::    Details of saving customizations.
  * Face Customization::       How to edit the attributes of a face.
  * Specific Customization::   Making a customization buffer for specific
                                  variables, faces, or groups.
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  @menu
  * Groups: Customization Groups.   How options are classified in a structure.
+ * Searching for Options::    How to search for options using regexps.
  * Changing a Variable::      How to edit a value and set an option.
! * Saving Customizations::    How to save customizations in a different file.
!                                 And why they can not be saved when emacs was
!                                 invoked with -Q.
  * Face Customization::       How to edit the attributes of a face.
  * Specific Customization::   Making a customization buffer for specific
                                  variables, faces, or groups.
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  that group and its contents, just that variable, or just that face.
  This is the way to set values in it.
  
+ @node Searching for Options
+ @subsection Searching for Options
+ 
+   You can search for customization options and groups by name using
+ regular expressions. The search functions are available in the menus
+ under Options - Customize Emacs.  See also the function
+ customize-apropos in (@pxref{Specific Customization}).
+ 
  @node Changing a Variable
  @subsection Changing a Variable
  
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  Set up a customization buffer with just one group, @var{group}.
  @item M-x customize-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
! that match @var{regexp}.
  @item M-x customize-changed-options @key{RET} @var{version} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
  whose meaning has changed since Emacs version @var{version}.
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  Set up a customization buffer with just one group, @var{group}.
  @item M-x customize-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
! that match @var{regexp}. There are also more specific functions:
! customize-apropos-options, customize-apropos-faces and
! customize-apropos-groups.
  @item M-x customize-changed-options @key{RET} @var{version} @key{RET}
  Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups
  whose meaning has changed since Emacs version @var{version}.