evil-want-C-u-scroll not getting respected

I use evil mode with emacs and in order to scroll up with `C-u` like in vim you need to set this variable. I have `(setq evil-want-C-u-scroll t)` in my config (before enabling evil mode, and before requiring it (if that's even needed)) but it doesn't work. Does someone know why? I know I could set the bindings manually but that's not very clean and I'd prefer to use this built-in variable if possible.

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Try using `custom-set-variables` (or just use `:custom` in use-package) rather than the `setq` approach

From your post it's not clear if you are using `use-package`, but if you do, try moving the `setq` into the :init block. Not exactly sure why, but for me it works that way.

I do use use-package. Putting it in init did solve the issue, but it bothers me a bit. See, on all my packages I call a function on `config` that loads a separate file where the configuration for that package is stored. If I need to put this line in init, then it's outside its configuration file, which makes it inconsistent. Anyways, it works. I'll see if I can find a solution to this. I've seen other packages have issues with configuration too, seems you need to call some things before they get loaded.