From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: chad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: customize Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:22:21 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200207291522.g6TFMLj26086@localhost.localdomain> References: <200207111201.g6BC1OM16938@aztec.santafe.edu> <15680.26449.937153.817907@localhost.localdomain> <200207271853.g6RIrdt10834@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1027956189 841 127.0.0.1 (29 Jul 2002 15:23:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eddy@opera.no Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17ZCMW-0000DS-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:23:08 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17ZCdn-0007ss-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:41:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17ZCMr-0001Vi-00; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:23:29 -0400 Original-Received: from h002078cfb834.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.61.24.86] helo=localhost.localdomain) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17ZCM1-0001Qc-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:22:37 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (y@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g6TFMLj26086; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:22:21 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: y owned process doing -bs Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:50:08 +0200." X-Mailer: mh-e 6.1; nmh 1.0.4; Emacs 21.3 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6141 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6141 > Having customize add everything it does to a single file, maintained > entirely via the customize UI, loaded at a well-considered moment in > one's start-up sequence, will provide for tidier source-management, > easier maintenance, better control over the start-up process, less > opportunity for any bugs in customize to manifest themselves and > probably less bugs in initialisation. Yes, please. At least twice I've had to track down pernicious problems that turned out to result from customize `stuff' being at the end of .emacs. I would much prefer a situation where customize modified a different file, and .emacs contained a call to `customize-do-customizations' or somesuch. chad