From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: mu8ja0i@earthlink.net
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Initialization customization not being saved : solved !
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:44:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47F34770.7050206@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <380-2200842117384265@earthlink.net>
> Sorry, I have found the problem and the feature is now working properly. I
> had byte-compiled my .emacs.el initialization file and failed to
> byte-compile again after making the "Inhibit Startup Screen" variable
> customization. I also ignored the warning message generated by emacs at
> startup : "_emacs.el" is newer than "_emacs.elc" .
Emacs could
(1) warn the user when saving the customized value that .emacs must be
byte-compiled in order to apply the customized value when Emacs is
restarted (even if a warning is issued only once during a session
people may find this annoying),
(2) warn the user when exiting Emacs that there were uncompiled saved
values (won't help much when a user just fires another instance of
Emacs in order to quickly test a customization),
(3) warn the user very explicitly at startup - maybe asking questions
like "byte-compile your .emacs now?" or "reload .emacs source?",
(4) automatically load the uncompiled .emacs and warn the user that it
has _not_ been compiled (confusing, why should .emacs be treated
differently from other files).
I'd opt for (3) although I generally hate programs asking me questions
during startup.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-02 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-01 17:38 Initialization customization not being saved : solved ! Allan J Mui
2008-04-02 8:44 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2008-04-02 13:50 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-04-02 14:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-02 15:22 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-04-02 17:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-02 19:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-04-02 16:52 ` martin rudalics
2008-04-03 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-03 14:44 ` martin rudalics
2008-04-02 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.9870.1207143615.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-04-02 14:13 ` Christoph Conrad
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2008-04-02 19:57 Allan Mui
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