From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:24:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ir6gtx7w.fsf_-_@olgas.newt.com> <85bqc7hfau.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <868x79slkb.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <857imscvzn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ps0e71k4.fsf@jurta.org> <85zlziw3w5.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190251545 27635 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2007 01:25:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:25:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 20 03:25:41 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 1IYAnT-0006pT-JC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:25:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYAnR-0001zy-NI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:25:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYAnA-0001h5-5q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:25:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYAn9-0001gc-Bk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:25:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYAn9-0001gX-88 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:25:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYAn9-0004SA-0y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:25:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYAma-0002JE-5m; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:24:44 -0400 X-Spook: AMEMB LABLINK rs9512c BROMURE chameleon man 64 Vauxhall X-Ran: Dhkh69b54 (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:56:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:79343 Archived-At: David Kastrup wrote: > Juri Linkov writes: > >> Much simpler heuristic would be checking for the existence of the >> dot emacs: if .emacs exists in the user's home directory this >> definitely means that the user is not a complete beginner > > Disagree. Just click "Options/Word Wrap in Text Modes" and > "Options/Save Options" and you qualify as an expert without startup > screen access? No. Also, the `useradd' command installs some default dotfiles from /etc/skel. At least on Red Hat, this includes a basic .emacs file. (_Why_ they do it this way rather than through default.el is a different issue...)