On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 05:30:33PM +0000, Drew Adams wrote: > > > The "implicitly defined order" would be explicitly > > > defined (doc'd). And it would only be the default. > > > > We seem to have different notions of explicit :-) > As mentioned, you can explicitly load `custom-file' > from your init file. We are still mis-communicating. If `custom-file' isn't loaded explicitly from the init file, what you propose is that it's loaded implicitly anyway. *That*'s what I perceive as "Magic". Cheers -- t