From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs in ~/.cache
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 15:24:11 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837cpzceqc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87leefcf1m.fsf@yandex.com> (message from Colin Baxter on Sun, 13 Aug 2023 13:17:25 +0100)
> From: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>
> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 13:17:25 +0100
>
>
> I've noticed that emacs now puts a directory into ~/.cache. This is in
> Debian but I assume emacs in other systems are behave the same. I think
> that ~/.cache/emacs is fairly new, perhaps beginning emacs-28, but I am
> not certain.
>
> I have never seen ~/.cache/emacs populated with anything, so what is its
> purpose?
Some distros insist on putting the *.eln files in XDG_CACHE_DIR, which
defaults to ~/.cache. I guess Debian is one of them. Too bad
(IMNSHO), but they cannot be bothered.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-13 12:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-13 12:17 emacs in ~/.cache Colin Baxter
2023-08-13 12:24 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-08-13 15:43 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-13 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-13 16:16 ` Sven Joachim
2023-08-13 13:52 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-13 15:38 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-13 16:13 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-13 17:42 ` Colin Baxter
2023-08-19 21:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-22 15:45 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-22 19:22 ` Emanuel Berg
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