From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way. Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:55:13 +0300 Message-ID: <83tulrv0lq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pmwgdiyj.fsf@zoho.eu> <83y2b3tq07.fsf@gnu.org> <871r8vcrnm.fsf@posteo.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19638"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 21 15:08:28 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lvJfA-0004wo-1q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:08:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45702 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvJf8-0002tr-V0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42572) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvJSf-0002r6-Q7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:55:33 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:41768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvJSf-0005GN-I1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:55:33 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2906 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvJSe-0008VE-UI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:55:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871r8vcrnm.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:45:49 +0000) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131140 Archived-At: > From: Philip Kaludercic > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:45:49 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 04:56:04 +0200 > >> From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor > >> > >> (let*((emacs-dir "~/.emacs.d") > >> (lisp-dir (format "%s/lisp" emacs-dir)) > >> (init-dir (format "%s/emacs-init" emacs-dir)) > >> (erc-dir (format "%s/erc" init-dir)) > >> (gnus-dir (format "%s/gnus" init-dir)) > >> (ide-dir (format "%s/ide" init-dir)) > >> (w3m-dir (format "%s/w3m" init-dir)) > > > > Why are you using 'format' where expand-file-name should be used? > > Does it really make a difference in a personal configuration, especially > when you don't use Windows or other non /-delimiting systems? (a) It's definitely slower; (b) it teaches you bad habits, which you are likely to apply even in non-personal cases; (c) this here is a public place where you affect others, not just your personal code on a known flavor of systems.