From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for custom-file - is not (load custom-file) needed? Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:48:26 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200412210048.iBL0mQd02451@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200412140150.iBE1oTY02196@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412150251.iBF2pKb10852@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412160048.iBG0m2W17018@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412170541.iBH5fuk20957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103590310 21478 80.91.229.6 (21 Dec 2004 00:51:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: johnw@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 21 01:51:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CgYFa-00084n-00 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 01:51:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CgYQ4-0004Z5-7Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:02:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CgYPd-0004WQ-IZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:02:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CgYPc-0004Vt-NV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:02:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CgYPc-0004Vl-JD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:02:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CgYEl-0000kU-I5; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:50:51 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iBL0ofFu021639; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:50:42 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iBL0mQd02451; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:48:26 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:56:47 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31298 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31298 Richard Stallman wrote: (3) Tell people who want to customize `custom-file' to put: (setq custom-file "~/mycustom.el") (load custom-file) in their .emacs (or something more complex for version specific customization). Ok, I am convinced on this point. This is not much extra work for the user, and the added reliability is worth imposing the small extra work. Would you like to implement these changes? Yes, I will implement them. Sincerely, Luc.