From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: always put Customizations in `custom-file', never in `user-init-file' Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:58:04 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197392374 27951 80.91.229.12 (11 Dec 2007 16:59:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:59:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , Emacs-Devel To: "Stefan Monnier" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 11 17:59:44 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 1J28RP-0000lV-EU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:58:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J28R7-0003Tw-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J28R1-0003Nw-3a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J28Qv-0003DD-Qu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J28Qv-0003Cv-NO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:13 -0500 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J28Qv-000603-AG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:13 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id lBBGw7CF000542; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:58:07 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id lBB7eaC5001096; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:58:07 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-73-94.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3432850491197392282; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:58:02 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE 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:85049 Archived-At: > > Let's first see if we can agree on what the end result should be. > > Then we can see how we might get there. > > Honestly, I see no indication that the current situation is a problem. > > The rare few people who have expressed the desire to have the custom > settings in a seaprate file are people who can very easily do > it themselves. OK, so you: 1. See no reason to change to preventing a mix of user code and Customize automatic insertions. 2. Think that keeping customizations separate is not even something to be recommended. It is something for only a few rare people who in any case are not newbies. Clear enough.