From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>,
"Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: always put Customizations in `custom-file', never in `user-init-file'
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:05:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <475DD457.2000507@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BNELLINCGFJLDJIKDGACGELPCFAA.drew.adams@oracle.com>
Drew Adams wrote:
> `custom-file' has never been loaded automatically. Why propose that? What
> problem would that solve?
>
It would solve a problem that does not exist until the default value for
custom-file is changed. That problem is that a new user has no way of
knowing, and nor should they, that they have to manually add a line to
their .emacs to get their customizations loaded.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-11 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-10 19:02 always put Customizations in `custom-file', never in `user-init-file' Drew Adams
2007-12-10 19:21 ` Eric Hanchrow
2007-12-10 20:30 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 21:19 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-10 21:25 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 22:12 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-10 22:35 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 23:09 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-10 23:19 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 23:44 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 0:05 ` Jason Rumney [this message]
2007-12-11 0:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 22:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-10 23:06 ` David Kastrup
2007-12-11 0:07 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-10 23:08 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 0:31 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-10 22:08 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-10 23:45 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-11 0:14 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-11 1:04 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-11 6:05 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 0:47 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 2:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-11 6:15 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 9:53 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-11 16:57 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-12 10:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-12-12 16:31 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 19:01 ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-11 19:12 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-10 21:58 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 4:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-11 6:04 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 14:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-11 16:58 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 22:12 ` David Kastrup
2007-12-10 22:07 ` Jason Rumney
2007-12-10 23:08 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 3:02 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-12-11 6:06 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 11:39 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-12-11 16:58 ` Drew Adams
2007-12-11 19:00 ` Richard Stallman
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