User options are variables declared with defcustom. It is useful to know if a variable is a user option or not, because if it isn't, it's usually not safe to set it in the init file.
Calling user options "customizable variables" makes it clear that a user option is still a variable. This is kind of like how interactive functions are not referred to as "commands" in the summary.
Wilfred
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1 year ago
User options are variables declared with defcustom. It is useful to know if a variable is a user option or not, because if it isn't, it's usually not safe to set it in the init file.
Calling user options "customizable variables" makes it clear that a user option is still a variable. This is kind of like how interactive functions are not referred to as "commands" in the summary.