From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: byte-compiling .emacs Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:58:00 -0400 Organization: Symantec Message-ID: References: <87wtrbajgq.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> <87br8nh1p8.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> <8764yto02m.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113267433 12605 80.91.229.2 (12 Apr 2005 00:57:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 12 02:57:09 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DL9i7-0000FO-NE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:56:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DL9IL-0003Y8-4m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:30:21 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!news-feed01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net!nntp.frontiernet.net!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:58:00 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.128.234.87 Original-X-Trace: sv3-im0vnSt1O8RqNqmcplUeoL5y7CVcd6hjKPkVx3k68WqqBurj9yCQs1ZnsBaQPgRlmb3wmkxmuDNrGtX!rAE24SZ9kTCg9ug5r/T5aolJNcmALKRmyZSpbZPULRWT1HEgirLMy2xWrD/usGYt3BC13PwLxyFF!AYkbBe2joP0= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:130029 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25594 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25594 In article <8764yto02m.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu>, Jay Belanger wrote: > Phillip Lord writes: > > >>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Corneli writes: > > > > Joe> On Sun, Apr 10 2005, Joe Corneli > > Joe> wrote: > > > > >> But, note, what you should really do is byte compile the .emacs, > > > > Joe> Why? Typically this isn't worth the trouble ("Changes is my > > Joe> .emacs are ignored!!!1 What's wrong???ß"). > > > > > > Joe> OK, I guess I was wrong. I personally always byte compile mine > > Joe> b/c otherwise emacs complains that the source file is newer. > > Joe> Other people might not have that problem :). But perhaps I'm > > Joe> the one who should change... > > > > If you don't byte-compile it at all, then it won't. > > And of course remove the .elc file. But if you don't byte-compile it at all, where would that file have come from? -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***