From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org (W. Greenhouse) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:18:48 +0000 Message-ID: <87mwtrb5cn.fsf@riseup.net> References: <87y5dep0al.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364242764 5725 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2013 20:19:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:19:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Mon Mar 25 21:19:51 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 1UKDru-0002ag-Ma for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51051 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKDrW-0005Cs-Ra for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:19:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43247) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKDrF-0005BI-Iw for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:19:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKDr8-0004TE-1R for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:19:05 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:35897) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKDr7-0004Sm-Ou for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:18:57 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UKDrS-0001qc-Vq for help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:18 +0100 Original-Received: from 95.211.213.148 ([95.211.213.148]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:18 +0100 Original-Received: from wgreenhouse by 95.211.213.148 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:18 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-dbVV3NMTNubNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 95.211.213.148 X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:94mqIDPei2I3UMtTTYagcQ2Wpm0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.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-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89747 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: >> Knowing this then if I am using a locally compiled program installed >> in /usr/local/bin and want to modify its configuration then I expect >> it to be configured in /usr/local somewhere usually /usr/local/etc but >> sometimes elsewhere. If I am using a system package installed program >> in /bin (or /usr/bin) then I expect it to be configured somewhere in / >> usually /etc but sometimes elsewhere too but definitely not /usr/local. > > You have a point here. :-) Where I take issue with the Debian maintainer > (of 2005) is in creating a content-free file /etc/emacs/site-start.el. > That couldn't help but cause problems with a common pre-existing seup. The situation re: config file locations for Emacs in Debian hasn't changed. FWIW--and this is not to contradict or doubt that you found it frustrating the first time you were setting up Emacs in Debian, just a point of info for anyone in similar difficulties--most of the Debian-specific init for Emacs and Debian elisp packages is actually in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/ not /etc/emacs/site-start.el. The .el[c] files there (non-recursive) are automatically run by the Debian-specific function `debian-run-directories'. The distro is guaranteed not to overwrite any changes you make to the /etc/emacs/site-start.el; that's free for you to use. Best, Will -- BOFH excuse #149: Dew on the telephone lines.