From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RFC: Flavors - naming significant sets of customizations Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:15:33 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <871u22zzq2.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> References: <9fc6b1ae-7cbd-4a17-a9a0-f4af42969312@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385496912 13574 80.91.229.3 (26 Nov 2013 20:15:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:15:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 26 21:15:23 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VlP2Y-0003bv-NC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:15:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60860 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VlP2Y-0006gJ-7G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:15:22 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net gajTr2f6yS+TVGkTGyDNnoZTjOkF1rM5+fMAhI4hzhwPDCrrHQXz71bUCOqY9ifyaiYia6P13qSDL6cHSIJpdA== Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:14:36 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="btnxpeS2MxXluR+AYDoQDIbJyQTwLKONYZ13JfCD5t/FtMcH1PM+L4YXkqjx9i1v/YY9hWc2q2YSbEP4Xyo4gSwBDVjY9VYOyBAXbtPlYqNZl09S7WHvjxZSJH8Qw4uI"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Cancel-Lock: sha1:IuE4FwOqLBHBRkjSEBo4eCcwc5I= sha1:6q3p8fg+LDS89zOF/l8HgTegJug= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:202392 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94661 Archived-At: On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:54:09 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Has anyone already come up with a name for large customizations? SM> "Theme"? SM> Current customization themes typically only customize faces, but the SM> underlying implementation allows a lot more flexibility since it can SM> customize any Custom var and can include Elisp code. Seconded, it's the most natural name and the functionality is there. But there's a wider issue of "how do I structure my .emacs" that everyone seems to solve differently[1], and which I would argue is a form of customization. Ted [1] yes, [insert method here] is indisputably the best one. If only everyone switched to [insert method here]!