From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MON KEY Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7518: image-dired defcustom'd paths Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:40:59 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291077934 6216 80.91.229.12 (30 Nov 2010 00:45:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:45:34 +0000 (UTC) To: 7518@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 30 01:45:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNELX-0005cV-Oz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:45:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46015 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PNELX-0000nz-3a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:45:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33751 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PNELN-0000kE-GN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNELM-0000K3-Bd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNELM-0000Jy-AF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:45:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNECQ-0002UG-EL; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:36:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: MON KEY Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:36:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 7518 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.12910773499539 (code B ref -1); Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Nov 2010 00:35:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNECC-0002To-28 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:35:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNECB-0002Td-23 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:35:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNEHY-0007zj-RJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:41:21 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:60572) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNEHY-0007ze-PL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:41:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46875 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PNEHX-00064Y-SV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:41:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNEHV-0007zM-Ql for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:41:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:36156) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PNEHV-0007z6-Ml for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:41:17 -0500 Original-Received: by wwb28 with SMTP id 28so638366wwb.0 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:41:15 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.216.173.81 with SMTP id u59mr1137567wel.58.1291077659542; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:40:59 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.216.70.212 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:40:59 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Sender-Auth: oNJOnIUC26NS29QjGhT_agTciM8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:36:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42015 Archived-At: current through bzr revision 102504 Now that ImageMagick libs are accessble to Emacs24 maybe more users will be using image-dired. The defcustom form for variables `image-dired-dir', `image-dired-db-file', `image-dired-temp-image-file', `image-dired-gallery-dir' `image-dired-temp-rotate-image-file', each evaluate `locate-user-emacs-file' when binding their default path values. There is something wrong about this. AFAIK `image-dired' isn't loaded by default. Why should _each_ of these variables elevate to creation of a `user-emacs-directory' if/when one doesn't already exit? By the time (require 'image-dired) gets evaluated shouldnt' `user-emacs-directory' already be well established? At best only `image-dired-dir' should need to to this and even then it is suspect. Maybe the rest of the do somethign more like: (make-directory (expand-file-name "some/path-for/image-dired-var" image-dired-dir)) or, respectively: (make-directory (expand-file-name "some/path-for/image-dired-var" image-dired-dir) t) Also, w/re those of the above variables which bind directory paths for a temporary files, e.g.: `image-dired-temp-image-file' and `image-dired-temp-rotate-image-file' Why not just use `temporary-file-directory' and/or `small-temporary-file-directory' as the base paths? -- /s_P\