what is custom-set-variables and faces in my .emacs?

Question

this is in my .emacs can I mess with it or not?

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess          


        

Answer 1

These blocks are added by the customize interface, as Noufal pointed out. You can move them to a separate file, though, if you like.

Just add this to your ~/.emacs.d/init.el:

(setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
(load custom-file)

or, if you're still using an old-fashioned ~/.emacs file:

(setq custom-file "~/.custom.el")
(load custom-file)

A slightly more complex snippet that will work in either case is:

(setq custom-file (expand-file-name "custom.el" user-emacs-directory))
(load custom-file)