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[99.230.51.196]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h18sm2154950iob.80.2019.08.15.07.29.38 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:29:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <878srv2gl6.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:33:09 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:165096 Archived-At: >>> Does anybody object to adding an --init-dir switch? It would just >>> basically set `user-emacs-directory'. >> >> See https://debbugs.gnu.org/15539 > > I see. So the general consensus there seemed to be that this could add > some possible maintenance complexity, and that there wasn't really a use > case presented. > > This report does add a use case. Furthermore, we're currently looking at setting user-emacs-directory according to XDG in master ([1] or [2]), so I think we've accepted the maintenance complexity this might bring anyway. [1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-06/msg00154.html [2]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-07/msg00699.html