From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RFC: Flavors - naming significant sets of customizations Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:30:27 +0530 Message-ID: <877gbrnl50.fsf@gmail.com> References: <9fc6b1ae-7cbd-4a17-a9a0-f4af42969312@googlegroups.com> <5592550c-72f1-4e9b-93db-dc7f95742d27@googlegroups.com> <874n6vx2aq.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385748094 27815 80.91.229.3 (29 Nov 2013 18:01:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:01:34 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 29 19:01:41 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 1VmSNo-0002Xz-Vw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:01:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48857 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmSNo-0003hu-KW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:01:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43217) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmSNa-0003hW-F9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:01:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmSNV-0003Le-Hl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:01:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::235]:53390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmSNV-0003LW-3v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:01:21 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id ma3so14746737pbc.26 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:01:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=DZV4iajVhTwpIGtbZkj8Si9jJ/auWbyXlkBB6Likq4A=; b=DHuV3CF+bsG+oEoyUqqVxcjEiYkL+B0Cu50Y4MNFV8B5+xXL437HBexaBEckvMY4GL FCLw9tIiq7J9bhUQN8ssU4LwgqbXuaig7N3MheCt+r+8xV4/CNlfiE1gH098syjQCD/T NLvT+7juHHzfJYbMOL/yTkmWsWta9GyAXTiMte0LkylvJAwfsAbTTEjjRmlxHHxMMySe f999DvMLDJ/IkRQ1lr3LJjuSJB0Lq2PubxZop7O8GOf2pEVFVYmXbPG1xVDPqav6isol NivjrVWin2KfYfqfbo1q0afDddoASp8C+zB741T2YzdrDgaYRw25a+q+uqRkrhDPsOqT 4JKw== X-Received: by 10.66.121.201 with SMTP id lm9mr53164861pab.80.1385748080123; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:01:20 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.242.145.179]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xn12sm67824725pac.12.2013.11.29.10.01.17 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:01:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <874n6vx2aq.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:24:36 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::235 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:94719 Archived-At: The OP has settled for "suits". I think "Halloween" would be a good word. Not only that it is funny, it is also scary and also functional (During you assume a different personality via masks and dresses etc.) Emanuel Berg writes: > I still don't understand what a "large customization" is, or is > supposed to be. A good way to think would be to "segment" the users. If one just puts a starting init file for each of the "segment" in GNU ELPA, then this file and library itself will become a focal point for consensus building. In a word, the .el file becomes a "clearing house" for common or recommended configuration. 0. Generic - Disable splash screen - Set user name - Set user mail address 0.5 - Dark theme users - Light theme users 1. Prose only folks. - Spell checking - Dictionary & Thesaurus - Line spacing 2. Gnus only folks (Difficult to find these) - Give them an init file with Gmail (and other popular servers) pre-configured and say put your username here and password there. - A configuration that enables news.gmane.org and subscribes to *all* the emacs related groups. 3. Programming modes - Lisp - C - Perl - C++ - Insert-the-new-language-you-invented - Cedet + completion packages 4. International users - Germany - Russia - China Recommended fonts, input methods and language settings etc. Timezone configuration etc. 5. Windows users - Cygwin - Libpng, libxml, zip, GnuWin32 6. Mac users - Most capslock + control swap folks seem to belong to this group. 7. Gnu/Linux users - 8. Org-mode - Text markup users - Babel/Literate Programming users - GTD nuts 9. Tex + Bibtex users