From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:55:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dbf9yhd.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO48Bk-drefOAfWY5-gFEnk6R4+1Nsnq69T0x_H7W9YotwrBSQ@mail.gmail.com> (Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez's message of "Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:32:14 +0100")
>>>>> On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:32:14 +0100, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> said:
>> The *only* case I can see where we could set custom-file to eg
>> ~/.emacs.d/custom.el (and maybe load it automatically) is for people
>> with no customizations.
Pedro> Hmmm??? I don't get it... really and humbly sorry. My initial take is that
Pedro> things will be clearer if you
Pedro> split things between init.el and custom.el.
Pedro> Customising and initialising are two different although related things.
Pedro> I think it is less dangerous to delete the custom.el file and leave the
Pedro> init.el file untouched than to edit
Pedro> the .emacs or the init.el file. More so for novice users.
Iʼm not arguing against splitting custom and init. Iʼm saying you
canʼt do that automatically except in very specific circumstances,
since you will surprise and inconvenience people accustomed to the
current behaviour.
Robert
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2022-01-03 6:13 Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-03 14:47 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-04 6:13 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-04 6:45 ` tomas
2022-01-04 7:29 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-04 10:10 ` tomas
2022-01-04 16:44 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-04 17:09 ` tomas
2022-01-04 17:30 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 18:03 ` tomas
2022-01-04 18:27 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 18:41 ` tomas
2022-01-05 9:14 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-04 16:44 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 7:14 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-04 10:11 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-04 10:30 ` Po Lu
2022-01-04 10:46 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-04 10:59 ` Po Lu
2022-01-04 13:02 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-04 11:11 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-04 12:23 ` LdBeth
2022-01-04 16:44 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-04 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-04 15:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-04 15:48 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-04 15:57 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-04 15:54 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-04 16:44 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-04 16:49 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-04 17:14 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 17:32 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-04 17:45 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 17:55 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2022-01-04 18:24 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-04 17:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-04 17:35 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-04 17:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-04 17:57 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-05 9:14 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-05 1:01 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 7:03 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-05 7:10 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-05 7:22 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 7:47 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05 7:59 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 9:17 ` LdBeth
2022-01-05 9:26 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-05 10:54 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2022-01-05 11:24 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 11:45 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-05 12:09 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2022-01-05 13:04 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 19:10 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05 19:02 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-05 19:36 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05 9:35 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 9:58 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-05 10:58 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-05 12:09 ` LdBeth
2022-01-05 12:57 ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 13:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-05 15:58 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-06 0:37 ` Po Lu
2022-01-06 7:21 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-06 7:23 ` Po Lu
2022-01-06 7:33 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-06 7:39 ` Po Lu
2022-01-06 8:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-06 9:40 ` Po Lu
2022-01-06 9:45 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-06 12:28 ` Colin Baxter 😺
2022-01-06 17:20 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-06 17:19 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-06 20:11 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-06 22:09 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-06 22:33 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-07 4:05 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 7:13 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-07 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-08 0:29 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-10 22:01 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-11 6:23 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-11 12:01 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-11 12:10 ` Po Lu
2022-01-11 12:25 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-11 12:42 ` tomas
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2022-01-11 15:23 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
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2022-01-11 16:05 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-11 16:11 ` tomas
2022-01-12 0:46 ` Po Lu
2022-01-11 12:35 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-11 15:05 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-11 20:57 ` Tim Cross
2022-01-11 13:27 ` Jean Louis
2022-01-07 0:52 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 4:09 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 4:46 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 5:58 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 7:04 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 18:06 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-08 0:54 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 3:13 ` LdBeth
2022-01-08 3:26 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 7:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-08 13:32 ` Add list of useful settings to setup wizard was: Re: Default custom file LdBeth
2022-01-08 14:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-08 14:50 ` LdBeth
2022-01-08 14:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-08 15:30 ` LdBeth
2022-01-08 15:05 ` John Yates
2022-01-08 8:03 ` [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA tomas
2022-01-08 9:38 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 10:39 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 11:14 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 12:35 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 12:44 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 12:59 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 13:16 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 13:24 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 13:33 ` Po Lu
2022-01-08 13:44 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 14:32 ` tomas
2022-01-08 14:46 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 17:17 ` Corwin Brust
2022-01-08 18:26 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
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2022-01-20 14:25 ` Corwin Brust
2022-01-10 19:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-09 0:48 ` Po Lu
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2022-01-08 14:28 ` [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA tomas
2022-01-08 14:48 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-08 11:42 ` tomas
2022-01-08 12:28 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-10 19:17 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-10 22:02 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-12 4:55 ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-12 8:58 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-12 13:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-12 5:09 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 0:49 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 4:09 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 4:42 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 6:38 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-07 8:43 ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-07 9:38 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-01-07 17:17 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 17:12 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-06 17:19 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 0:48 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 4:09 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-07 6:18 ` tomas
2022-01-07 18:06 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-06 16:17 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05 7:43 ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 16:43 ` Drew Adams
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