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, 20 Dec 2004 05:56:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200412140150.iBE1oTY02196@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412150251.iBF2pKb10852@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412160048.iBG0m2W17018@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200412170541.iBH5fuk20957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103540857 13219 80.91.229.6 (20 Dec 2004 11:07:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: johnw@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 20 12:07:31 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 1CgLNz-0005Ij-00 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:07:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CgLYP-0003WB-Lq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:18:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CgLTU-0002IV-UU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:13:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CgLTT-0002HW-4z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:13:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CgLTS-0002Gx-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:13:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CgLIK-0005B4-T7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:01:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CgLDb-0001Gu-Tz; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:56:47 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200412170541.iBH5fuk20957@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:41:56 -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:31288 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31288 I believe that nearly every user of Emacs has some specialized (i.e. obscure and unusual) needs of one form or the other. I don't think so, but even if it were true, the relevant question is what fraction have done made some sort of peculiar customization *in this very spot*. The number who have done so *anywhere in Emacs* is not relevant. (3) Tell people who want to customize `custom-file' to put: (setq custom-file "~/mycustom.el") (load custom-file) in their .emacs (or something more complex for version specific customization). Ok, I am convinced on this point. This is not much extra work for the user, and the added reliability is worth imposing the small extra work. Would you like to implement these changes?