Re: [PATCH]: package-user-dir is a defcustom

[Philip Kaludercic]

Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I would have saved some time, because I understood changing=>setq. I think
> customising
> is a bit more precise.
>
> Best, /PA
>
> diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
> index fd445805068..a98af7abdc1 100644
> --- a/doc/emacs/package.texi
> +++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi
> @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ Package Files
>  @vindex package-user-dir
>    Once installed, the contents of a package are placed in a
>  subdirectory of @file{~/.emacs.d/elpa/} (you can change the name of
> -that directory by changing the variable @code{package-user-dir}).  The
> +that directory by customising the variable @code{package-user-dir}).  The
>  package subdirectory is named @file{@var{name}-@var{version}}, where
>  @var{name} is the package name and @var{version} is its version
>  string.

I think the clearer change would have been to replace the noun
"variable" with "user option", instead of relying on the implicit
information in the verb.

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        Philip Kaludercic on peregrine