From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Kill Customize Entries in .emacs Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:34:14 -0800 Message-ID: <003d01c97fe4$b0a45300$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: <873af61yxj.fsf@elehack.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232999891 4489 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2009 19:58:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:58:11 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Les Harris'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 26 20:59:24 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LRXcA-0005pp-LS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:59:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43799 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRXas-00034p-NS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:58:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRWI8-0000oJ-Cq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRWI6-0000nR-Um for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:34:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35650 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRWI6-0000n5-Cv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:34:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:63220 helo=rgminet12.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRWI1-0003ws-R8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:34:31 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0QIXrTF023640 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:33:54 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt705.oracle.com (acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0QIYDhO007873; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:34:14 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:34:13 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Acl/5D9qM3IZ+/9hTomxExcILyWHvQAABRTw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A01020A.497E0227.0041:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:61664 Archived-At: > > You could try setting `custom-file' to /dev/null. > > This appears to work perfectly. Not sure why having those in my .emacs > bothers me so much. The first sign of oncoming curmudgeoness I guess! > Thank you for the pointer. `custom-file' is a good thing all 'round (whether or not you set it to /dev/null). Generally much better than letting Customize diddle with your .emacs, IMO.