From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: offer to save customizations on exit? Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:10:54 -0500 Message-ID: <87fz16ja8w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105586612 2620 80.91.229.6 (13 Jan 2005 03:23:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:23:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 13 04:23:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CovZw-0007kp-00 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:23:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CovlZ-00043K-Bf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:35:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Covki-0003qV-EJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:34:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CovkW-0003md-In for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:34:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CovkW-0003hu-Cp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:34:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.34] (helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CovO3-0003Sc-Rw; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:11:04 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.119.166]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050113031103.XRIO1899.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:11:03 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E6C89D72FF; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:10:54 -0500 (EST) Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:12:02 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32181 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32181 > absurd conclusions. The lack of any way to make temporary adjustments > to settings (in e.g., gnome apps) is _extremely_ annoying. > Gnome apparently feels that their purpose is to cater to newbies and > screw everybody else, so I suppose such a decision makes sense for Actually, it's when I'm a newbie at something that I need transient changes the most, because it's the only way I can explore the actual effect of the various config options without risking screwing up my config big time. Stefan