From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .emacs-settings.el Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:00 -0400 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189137801 22895 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 04:03:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 04:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 06:03:20 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 1ITV3q-0002z7-Sz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:03:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITV3p-0004E4-OC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITV3m-0004Au-DI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITV3k-00047y-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITV3k-00047l-NE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts40.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.97] helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITV3d-00005B-Sy; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.227]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070907040301.CRAC29719.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 00:03:01 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E646283C4; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 00:03:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Fri\, 07 Sep 2007 11\:54\:18 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:78067 Archived-At: > 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". No need for that. Users who don't like those files to be hidden can just add a symlink from ThisDirectoryHasEmacsLocalSettings.el to .emacs-settings. Stefan