From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for custom-file - is not (load custom-file) needed? Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:10:20 -0500 Message-ID: References: <075b01c4d9a4$52799460$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <006701c4da59$e9c36de0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <200412060024.iB60OMe14987@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102343116 31633 80.91.229.6 (6 Dec 2004 14:25:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:25:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 06 15:25:11 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CbJct-0007yx-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:14:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbJme-0000gC-7Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:24:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbJmK-0000fw-9M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:23:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbJmJ-0000fc-L7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:23:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbJmJ-0000fS-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:23:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CbJcR-0004Pg-Hm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:13:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CbJZE-0003T8-Ry; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:10:20 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200412060024.iB60OMe14987@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:24:22 -0600 (CST)) 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:30752 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30752 2. Maybe the docstring should warn the user to use an absolute file name. (This may not be obvious at all to a beginning user.) Very confusing things can happen if a relative file name is used when setting this through Custom with a bad default-directory. I will explain that in the doc string. 3. The last paragraph fails to point out that if you set `custom-file' through Custom, Custom will automatically copy your `custom-set-variables' and `custom-set-faces' forms to `custom-file'. (But it will not erase them from .emacs or the old `custom-file'.) If it is smart enough to do this, it could also delete them from the old custom file. Would you like to implement that?