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: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 01:34:16 +0530 Message-ID: <87y54cgse7.fsf@gmail.com> References: <9fc6b1ae-7cbd-4a17-a9a0-f4af42969312@googlegroups.com> <8761rgi7vt.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385410136 19653 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2013 20:08:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:08:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 25 21:09:01 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 1Vl2Sp-0004AM-Lr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:08:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54782 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vl2Sp-0005E8-2x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:08:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39371) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vl2SO-00054u-I8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:08:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vl2SJ-0005Sh-RL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:08:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d]:40066) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vl2SJ-0005SU-Jz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:08:27 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id rp16so6438237pbb.4 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:08:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=rL/5FxnGu5HnkhDKPNevs2in8te8vQPwKLEqO1pcKPE=; b=Jl/xEw1apDGi2Djtb90szxP9wGqN/iK0qIiQxAjqqpBozhy2Rj05ypIPS6J3UC87Fa X1/MaKWpWmTqhsWPkBy0JSqzgREo0RvRYg/D5RB0ftbYBy5zO2+dMVOyrWw7uEb1RWzx oLNpst4Xx/0sh9bVxoYOd/CODjKbG4ElrzhXvk+YAbPtN13RO2A3WtUIBBkjKQs6lJKB j/LFjZr0bzD0dMS7sHJGykfzSX9hNNn6pqEFctT7IG3KSkXUwN6HQzlIncfFLDm3mRvT rZ+Cxo/4714nv0WcrqmtB3WUFVpZR7fQFcz8MSoa+OXCdgRcHScXmjXr5AZxZ+62m40r 8qDg== X-Received: by 10.66.192.198 with SMTP id hi6mr29518790pac.87.1385410106785; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:08:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.242.195.187]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id so2sm75251913pbc.5.2013.11.25.12.08.23 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:08:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:54:01 -0800 (PST)") 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::22d 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:94621 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> First rule of Emacs: Don't customize it :-) > > That goes against the grain of what Emacs is, and is for, that I > cannot even begin to comment on it. Just because Emacs allows customization doesn't mean that it ought to be customized upfront. 1. Emacs is usable without or with just minimal customization. 2. Let customization appear naturally and in an effort-less way. Let it grow. 3. I will not allow my neighbour to tell me how I arrange my furniture in my house. Jambu's First rule of Emacs: Don't customize it.