From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: user-init-file source vs. compiled Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:02:48 -0500 Message-ID: <87abzxve6v.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170360228 5933 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2007 20:03:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Emacs Devel To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 01 21:03:41 2007 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 1HCi9d-0002dO-8Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:03:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCi9d-0006LB-2X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:03:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCi9B-0006Cp-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:03:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCi9B-0006CY-4w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:03:05 -0500 Original-Received: from south-station-annex.mit.edu ([18.72.1.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HCi9A-000495-LQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:03:04 -0500 Original-Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l11K32Jj023343; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:03:02 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l11K2oho016413; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:02:50 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (MAIN-TWELVE-TWO-TWENTY-SEVEN.MIT.EDU [18.19.5.227]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id l11K2nn8003241; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:02:49 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from cyd by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HCi8u-0001AS-00; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:02:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu\, 01 Feb 2007 14\:17\:46 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9.1 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:65751 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> File name, including directory, of user's initialization file. >> If the file loaded had extension `.elc', and the corresponding source file >> exists, this variable contains the name of source file, suitable for use >> by functions like `custom-save-all' which edit the init file. > > I think we should *strongly* recommend not to compile the .emacs file. > It's a dumb thing to do, unless you're a masochist anyway. Currently, the Emacs manual says If you have a large amount of code in your `.emacs' file, you should rename it to `~/.emacs.el', and byte-compile it. *Note Byte Compilation: (elisp)Byte Compilation, for more information about compiling Emacs Lisp programs.