From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: :file keyword for Customize Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 00:31:40 +0200 Message-ID: <858wykl96b.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <004101c8b129$788cd490$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> <85zlr0msi8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <001701c8b153$4432c900$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> <4823751A.3030402@gnu.org> <002501c8b158$437441b0$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210285940 23572 80.91.229.12 (8 May 2008 22:32:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' , 'Jason Rumney' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 09 00:32:55 2008 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 1JuEfK-0006TO-LO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 00:32:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53072 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEec-0007Yj-FQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEeZ-0007Yb-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEeX-0007YC-Au for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56981 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEeX-0007Y9-3z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.43]:37754) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuEeT-0003U0-2v; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.31]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA04B2CAC4D; Fri, 9 May 2008 00:31:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-02.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.42]) by mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11661100BE; Fri, 9 May 2008 00:31:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-021-250.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.21.250]) by mail-in-02.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F33A36E869; Fri, 9 May 2008 00:31:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 5D5D61C4F903; Fri, 9 May 2008 00:31:43 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <002501c8b158$437441b0$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 8 May 2008 15:10:02 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/7065/Thu May 8 22:37:59 2008 on mail-in-02.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:96833 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> Who is this for, and what problem is it trying to solve? > > See previous, wrt load decisions. In general, this would give both > programmers and users more control over where related options are > stored and when they are loaded. That's all. What problem is it trying to solve, Drew? What problem? We don't have a way to specify which memory addresses Emacs is supposed to load particular libraries to, either, because it is pointless. It is nonsensical to give people more control over things that have no discernable advantage. So please let us focus on solving existing problems instead of _creating_ new ones. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum