From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default emacs init file location confusion Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:37:26 +0200 Message-ID: <834kx7cgmh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83y2ukc55g.fsf@gnu.org> <85C8025D-ACFD-4DEB-B030-E46B3109323E@gnu.org> <83lfqjckjn.fsf@gnu.org> <83blrfci4q.fsf@gnu.org> <837e23chdm.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="52700"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, smartlitchi@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Elias =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=A5rtenson?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 07 18:37:39 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iosnO-000Anq-Es for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:37:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54054 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iosnM-0005MM-V7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:37:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37513) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iosnE-0005IE-NB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:37:25 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iosnE-0007sn-IY; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:37:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3372 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iosn6-0000lk-7P; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:37:22 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Elias =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=A5rtenson?= on Wed, 8 Jan 2020 01:33:14 +0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:244080 Archived-At: > From: Elias Mårtenson > Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 01:33:14 +0800 > Cc: Robert Pluim , smartlitchi@gmail.com, > emacs-devel > > But for now, it is an issue, so the solution should be to put this information in from of the user's face. That > means displaying a warning (including a y/n prompt) when the directory is created. > > Perhaps this warning is only needed for one release cycle, and then users will be informed. But right now, it is > my opinion that such warning is needed. I think such a warning is not a solution, because it's all to easy to miss it. It could even be an annoyance. But that's my opinion; let's hear others.