From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Angelo Graziosi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#4347: Bug for .emacs.d? Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:12:19 +0200 Message-ID: <4AACFDC3.7070908@alice.it> References: <4AA1B07E.3080703@alice.it> <4AAABF56.40802@alice.it> <4AAB5BD0.2010503@alice.it> <4AACEE4F.6060404@alice.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252851163 1403 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2009 14:12:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:12:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , 4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Emacs To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 13 16:12:35 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mmpoh-000230-3p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:12:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42114 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmpog-0003cU-3S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:12:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmpoa-0003cF-M3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:12:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmpoU-0003bw-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:12:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53493 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmpoU-0003bt-NB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:12:22 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out05a.alice.it ([85.33.3.5]:2017) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmpoU-0003Bb-Da for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:12:22 -0400 Original-Received: from FBCMMO03.fbc.local ([192.168.68.197]) by smtp-OUT05A.alice.it with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:12:20 +0200 Original-Received: from FBCMCL01B01.fbc.local ([192.168.69.82]) by FBCMMO03.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:12:20 +0200 Original-Received: from [82.57.151.5] ([82.57.151.5]) by FBCMCL01B01.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:12:21 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Sep 2009 14:12:21.0184 (UTC) FILETIME=[3582E400:01CA347C] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115272 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier ha scritto: >> So, instead to have: > >> ~/.emacs >> ~/.emacs.desktop >> ~/.emacs.desktop.lock >> ... > >> we could have: > >> ~/.emacs.d/.emacs >> ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop >> ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop.lock >> ~/.emacs.d/mail >> ... > >> In this way we could have a more clean HOME!!! > > That's the intention. Currently the strategy is to keep using the old > name if the file already exists, and to use the new name otherwise. > > The strategy is not completely consistent in how to do it, because most > files in ~/.emacs.d are files which in $HOME should be hidden, but in > ~/.emacs.d they don't have any reason to be hidden any more (nor to > include "emacs" in their name), so often the file in ~/.emacs.d doesn't > have the same name as in ~. In the case of desktop.el, OTOH you can > indeed move ~/.emacs.desktop to ~/.emacs.d. Obviously one can have: ~/.emacs.d/init (instead of .emacs) ~/.emacs.d/desktop (instead of .emacs.desktop) ~/.emacs.d/desktop.lock (instead of .emacs.desktop.lock) ~/.emacs.d/mail and so on. When will all the above be implemented? Cheers, Angelo.