From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .emacs-settings.el Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:54:18 +0900 Message-ID: References: <60282.128.165.123.18.1189002441.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <87k5r350o5.fsf@jurta.org> <87veanixv5.fsf@cadilhac.name> <857in3bnav.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189133681 14768 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 02:54:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 02:54:41 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 04:54:37 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ITTzP-0008Ua-Jd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:54:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITTzN-0005bF-P4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:54:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITTzK-0005ao-8P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:54:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITTzI-0005Zq-Kb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:54:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITTzI-0005Zl-EA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:54:28 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITTzD-0000e9-LO; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:54:24 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l872sFYW004554; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:54:20 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:54:19 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.98.116] [10.114.98.116]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:54:19 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1543D41C; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:54:18 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu\, 06 Sep 2007 15\:21\:05 -0500") Original-Lines: 19 X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:78061 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > Emacs doesn't do that AFAIK, so it would be > at least a little surprising to current users. I personally think it > would be a bad design decision. It should be a user decision. Just as you might not like "hidden" files, I do not like random crap cluttering my directory listings. Thus Emacs should probably look for both ".foo.el" and "asdfasdf.el". (we have to be much more careful with the non-hidden name though, because it has a much higher chance of conflicting with the directory content) -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research