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: dot-files Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:12:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189170763 20719 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 13:12:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:12:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: bob@rattlesnake.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 15:12:43 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 1ITddV-0004Iw-Nx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:12:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITddU-0003xU-EO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:12:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITddR-0003xL-BT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:12:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITddP-0003x0-TH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:12:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITddP-0003wx-Ny for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts13.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.34] helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITddO-00056n-DW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.227]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070907131229.UUAQ13659.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 22B2583C2; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:12:28 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Fri\, 7 Sep 2007 11\:04\:12 +0000 \(UTC\)") 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:78151 Archived-At: > Calling dot-files `hidden' is misleading. That's a possible interpretation, but I think it's not relevant to the problem at hand anyway. Let's not get dragged into such a fruitless discussion. > They are used for configuration. I like seeing them. That is why I use > the default value of dired-listing-switches "-al". As David Kastrup says, > dot-files `are supposed to be auxiliary data, not content'. Agreed. dot-files are used for meta-data. And .emacs-settings very much qualifies as meta-data. Stefan