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[174.60.229.153]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v5sm1991498qtc.64.2020.01.08.09.56.02 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:56:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.40.2.2.4) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::f29 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:244138 Archived-At: > It is, but 'use this new thing only if you create it' is pretty > unsurprising as well, we=CA=BCre not going to stop using .emacs.d and = force > people to use ~/.config/emacs. Why force people to use ~/.config/emacs when forcing them causes a lot = of confusion? This confusion is corroborated by many people. And, = although ~/.config/emacs has some advantages, the location of config = file is still a personal thing, it is not necessary to force people to = change. Yuan