From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Size of startup files
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:00:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735abnw9w.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sfic3rh7.sthdmid@kobkqe.esklhh.com
On Monday, 21 Nov 2022 at 11:52, Bob Newell wrote:
> However, I think the extent of it would stagger the
> uninitiated, and this raises a practical point. When
> attracting newcomers to emacs, they need to hear that you
> don't have to eat the elephant whole, and that with time and
> experience they will find their own best ways.
Good point.
I guess one way to look at it is that, given my numbers (a little over
4000 lines of customization but using Emacs since mid 80s), I have added
100 lines of customization approximately per year. Not that much... ;-)
--
Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 29.0.50 2022-11-13) on Debian 11.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-22 10:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-20 19:42 Size of startup files Bob Newell
2022-11-20 20:24 ` Colin Baxter
2022-11-21 21:52 ` Bob Newell
2022-11-22 10:00 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2022-11-20 22:07 ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-11-21 0:46 ` Samuel Wales
2022-11-21 9:37 ` Eric S Fraga
2022-11-21 22:00 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-11-21 23:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-22 7:02 ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-11-22 11:45 ` Jean Louis
2022-11-22 14:34 ` M-x toggle-theme Jean Louis
2022-11-22 16:59 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-11-22 17:48 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2022-11-22 18:08 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-11-23 10:54 ` libraries (was: Re: Size of startup files) Emanuel Berg
2022-11-21 23:20 ` Size of startup files Emanuel Berg
2022-11-22 10:44 ` Marcin Borkowski
2022-11-22 14:45 ` Emanuel Berg
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