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From: xenodasein--- via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>,
	Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
	"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: FW: [External] : Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 09:19:05 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MsU0Ix6--3-2@tutanota.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=0E1x3SOS-mPanp7JgrXPOaCTbQPHYnVM=epk-e1jhxQ@mail.gmail.com>

Jan 3, 2022, 10:02 by stefankangas@gmail.com:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> On Sun 02 Jan 2022 at 05:14pm -05, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>>
>>> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Customize should not write to your init file ...  That's a bad Emacs
>>>> design choice, IMO.  It especially should not be the default behavior.
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1, FWIW.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, then where should it write to?
>>
>
> IMO, something like
>
> (setq custom-file (locate-user-emacs-file "custom-file.el"))
>

I'd prefer the current behavior TBH, because the real issue is not where it is
written, it is when it's read. Currently it is easy to place custom-set-variables
where you want either inside init file or to place it into another file.  Timing is
important, because Customize also has problems with autoloads, and who
knows what else.




  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-03  8:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-02  2:07 Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA Yuan Fu
2022-01-02  2:37 ` Po Lu
2022-01-02  3:02   ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02  3:22     ` Po Lu
2022-01-02  5:51       ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02  6:30         ` Po Lu
2022-01-02  7:58           ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02  8:07             ` Po Lu
2022-01-02  9:07               ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02  9:22                 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02  9:45                   ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-01-02  9:45                   ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 10:09                     ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-01-02 10:15                       ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 10:25                         ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-01-02 10:34                           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 10:52                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-02 10:57                               ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 11:14                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-02 11:30                                   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 11:38                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-02 12:01                                     ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 11:31                                   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
     [not found]                             ` <CADs++6jtFBah1hhsuN6T_-kFyjc_pNmmVKA+16vOWa8OctOZLw@mail.gmail.com>
2022-01-02 11:02                               ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 11:17                             ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 11:36                               ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 12:03                                 ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 15:27                                 ` Stefan Kangas
     [not found]                               ` <MsPZqa9--3-2@tutanota.de-MsP_1xO----2>
2022-01-02 11:57                                 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 12:05                                   ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 15:27                                   ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-02 15:37                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-02 16:43                                       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 17:32                                         ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-02 18:51                                         ` FW: [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-02 19:07                                           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 21:29                                             ` Drew Adams
2022-01-02 22:14                                               ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-03  6:42                                                 ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-03  7:02                                                   ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-03  8:19                                                     ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions. [this message]
2022-01-03  9:27                                                       ` Po Lu
2022-01-03  9:55                                                         ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 10:10                                                           ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 10:21                                                             ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 10:53                                                               ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 11:07                                                                 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 11:25                                                                   ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 11:32                                                                     ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 12:13                                                                       ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 12:20                                                                         ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 12:32                                                                           ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 12:44                                                                             ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 12:55                                                                               ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 13:24                                                                                 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 15:15                                                                                 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-03 16:04                                                       ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 21:19                                                     ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-04 21:28                                                       ` Drew Adams
2022-01-04 22:38                                                         ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-04 22:51                                                           ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05  5:28                                                         ` tomas
2022-01-05  7:43                                                           ` Drew Adams
2022-01-05  8:13                                                             ` tomas
2022-01-07 10:34                                                     ` Jean Louis
2022-01-03 16:03                                                   ` Drew Adams
2022-01-03 16:05                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-04  1:50                                                     ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-04  2:53                                                       ` Po Lu
2022-01-04  4:13                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-04  4:30                                                         ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-04  6:10                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-04 15:04                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-04 21:25                                                         ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-05  0:58                                                           ` Po Lu
2022-01-05 15:35                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-06  6:32                                                             ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-03  0:42                                         ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 18:47                                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-02 11:58                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-01-07 10:09                     ` Jean Louis
2022-01-02 18:47                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-02  9:41                 ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 17:18                   ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02 18:47                     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-07 10:02               ` Jean Louis
2022-01-07 10:50                 ` Po Lu
2022-01-07 12:11                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-09 22:54                   ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-10  4:15                   ` Jean Louis
2022-01-10 15:45                     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-01-10 17:24                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-11  4:47                       ` Jean Louis
2022-01-11  4:51                     ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-02  7:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-02  8:07   ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02 15:42     ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-02 17:26       ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-02 17:36         ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
     [not found]         ` <MsQrOAf--J-2@tutanota.de-MsQrQR2----2>
2022-01-02 17:55           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-02 18:50         ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-02 21:14           ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-03  0:45             ` Po Lu
2022-01-03  0:59               ` Yuan Fu
2022-01-03  1:02             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-03  9:12             ` Joost Kremers
2022-01-03 12:49               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-03 13:00                 ` Po Lu
2022-01-03 19:30                 ` Joost Kremers
2022-01-02  8:07   ` Po Lu
2022-01-02 15:23     ` nanjunjie
2022-01-03  8:28       ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-01-04 16:09         ` Nan JunJie
2022-01-04 19:45           ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-01-02 12:02 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-01-07  9:58 ` Jean Louis

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