From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Strange eval-after-load Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:59:19 +0300 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148630447 9329 80.91.229.2 (26 May 2006 08:00:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 26 10:00:38 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjXFI-0002GA-F5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 10:00:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjXFI-00014j-1m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 04:00:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FjXF5-00012c-Eu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 04:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FjXF3-000127-SD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 04:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjXF3-000124-NP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 04:00:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FjXJr-0007X5-49; Fri, 26 May 2006 04:05:15 -0400 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id IUJ54836; Fri, 26 May 2006 10:59:13 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-71-150.inter.net.il [80.230.71.150]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id DLR68465 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 26 May 2006 10:59:13 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Thu, 25 May 2006 22:22:57 -0400) 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:55316 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:22:57 -0400 > > However, confusing as these are, they are not as bad as using > `eval-after-load' in the "usual" way, for another file. That is bad > for maintenance just as use of advice is bad for maintenance. How about starting a file with style guidelines such as these? We could begin as a simple text file somewhere in admin/, and later, when it accumulates enough material, rewrite it as a coherent section for the ELisp manual. If there's already a place where we describe such issues, please tell me where it is; I will then add the references to eval-after-load there.