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> BTW. How about changing startup.el such that custom-file is loaded
> (after .emacs) if it has been set and if the file hasn't been loaded
> yet (such that users only need to put (setq custom-file "~/.custom")
> in their .emacs file) ?
sounds a neat idea, unless it raises tiresome implementation issues ...

> Byte-compiling your customizations is a complete waste of precious time.
Why ?

Note that having robots do things can make the amount of precious time
involved very small ... and byte-compiling a file after I've edited it
takes less time than writing a quick reply to an e-mail ...

	Eddy.