From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:00:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87378zbeff.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <1502373086.1171866.1069247696.71F9FED4@webmail.messagingengine.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502381198 13325 195.159.176.226 (10 Aug 2017 16:06:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:06:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 10 18:06:33 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dfpyh-00038i-O2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:06:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53815 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dfpyn-0004Z5-Mx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:06:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43879) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dfptX-0000IR-Kn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:01:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dfptU-0008Pn-KU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:01:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=46743 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dfptU-0008Ow-Dv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:01:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dfptL-0002fF-Cy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:00:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:gAWJTfgXwwewBWnaKOD0ro+F2EA= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113966 Archived-At: Ronald Fischer writes: > I'm using the Emacs Configure method > (Options/ConfigureEmacs/BrowseCustomizationGroups) to configure Emacs. > However, some configurations settings must be done by manually setting > the customizataion variables (at least according the FAQ) in the .emacs > file. > > Now, the interactive emacs configuration **also** modifies .emacs. What > do I have to do to keep my settings and thos Emacs is writing, apart? I > don't want Emacs to override my settings, and I don't want the Emacs > configuration tool to get confused, just because my .emacs file contains > things I have put there. > > Ronald I don't fully understand your question, but for keeping apart the settings you make with what you call the "Configure method": (setq custom-file "~/my-customizations.el") (load custom-file 't) If you already have something like (custom-set-variables ... ) in your .emacs, move it to the customizations file mentioned above.