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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, 'Emacs-Devel' <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: :file keyword for Customize
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 06:48:01 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y76dc1v2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y76ecnt6.fsf@gmail.com> (Paul R.'s message of "Tue, 13 May 2008 15:53:57 +0200")

Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com> writes:
> Well, I see a clear use case : providing tools to manage emacs
> configuration in multiple files, instead of in a single monolithic
> .emacs.

I suspect it would be much better to offer more indirect methods of
categorization.

[E.g., allow the user to specify "settings for custom group X go in file Y".]

-Miles

-- 
`Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'




      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-13 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-08 16:35 :file keyword for Customize Drew Adams
2008-05-08 16:43 ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-08 16:59   ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 17:08     ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-08 17:41       ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-08 18:00         ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 19:12           ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-08 21:27             ` Drew Adams
2008-05-09 14:01               ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-08 20:00           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-05-08 21:27             ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 21:34               ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-09  6:43               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-05-09  8:37             ` Bastien
2008-05-08 18:00       ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 20:48 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-08 21:34   ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 21:48     ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-08 22:10       ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 22:31         ` David Kastrup
2008-05-08 21:51     ` David Kastrup
2008-05-09 14:11   ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-09 14:34     ` David Kastrup
2008-05-09 15:07       ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-09 21:17         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-05-12 13:13           ` :password customize type (was: :file keyword for Customize) Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-09 11:12 ` :file keyword for Customize Richard M Stallman
2008-05-13 13:53 ` Paul R
2008-05-13 14:28   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-05-13 21:48   ` Miles Bader [this message]

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