From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ed L Cashin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: customize messing up .emacs symlink? Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:59:27 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87llmid9u8.fsf@cs.uga.edu> References: <873c8sdn3g.fsf@cs.uga.edu> <4044D7F8.1000900@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1078334313 16020 80.91.224.253 (3 Mar 2004 17:18:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:18:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 03 18:18:26 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aya0n-0001zk-00 for ; Wed, 03 Mar 2004 18:18:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AyZye-0000d8-Qr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:16:12 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.glorb.com!in.100proofnews.com!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090014 (Oort Gnus v0.14) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:s8LgBK+4NDo97yZRsUsFXhID8lo= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 23 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:121445 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17405 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17405 Kevin Rodgers writes: > Ed L Cashin wrote: > >> Hi. I have a .emacs file under version control and symlinked into my >> home directory. Every once in a while, emacs replaces my symlink and >> creates a regular file. >> Just now I sent some usenet news and saw a message flash by: >> Wrote /home/ecashin/.emacs >> Sending news via news.gmane.org using nntp... >> Opening nnimap server on 127.0.0.1... >> The difference between the old .emacs and the impostor is shown >> below. It leads me to suspect that the customize code of the two >> emacs versions I use are competing. I wish they would leave .emacs >> alone, since I edit it myself and like >> the symlink. > > (setq custom-file "~/emacs.custom") Thanks much! I think that should be the default, though. -- --Ed L Cashin PGP public key: http://noserose.net/e/pgp/