From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: :file keyword for Customize Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 22:48:10 +0100 Message-ID: <4823751A.3030402@gnu.org> References: <004101c8b129$788cd490$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> <85zlr0msi8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <001701c8b153$4432c900$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210283318 14945 80.91.229.12 (8 May 2008 21:48:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:48:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Emacs-Devel' To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 08 23:49:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JuDzE-0006xP-2N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 23:49:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46073 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuDyV-00067t-SF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuDyR-00067V-SB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuDyP-00064S-Fq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43103 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuDyP-00064N-9p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mk-outboundfilter-5-a-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.4]:36410) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuDyL-0005oz-HW; Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:17 -0400 Original-X-Trace: 23929480/mk-outboundfilter-5.mail.uk.tiscali.com/F2S/$ACCEPTED/freedom2Surf-customers/83.67.23.108 X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 83.67.23.108 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: jasonr@gnu.org X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEACsSI0hTQxds/2dsb2JhbACBU6sU X-IP-Direction: IN Original-Received: from i-83-67-23-108.freedom2surf.net (HELO wanchan.jasonrumney.net) ([83.67.23.108]) by smtp.f2s.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 08 May 2008 22:48:16 +0100 Original-Received: from [192.168.249.27] (chiko.jasonrumney.net [192.168.249.27]) by wanchan.jasonrumney.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 601691488; Thu, 8 May 2008 22:48:16 +0100 (BST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) In-Reply-To: <001701c8b153$4432c900$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=8086879D X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96826 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > No idea what you mean by that. Users today can decide when to load > `custom-file'. They could do the same with any such files of Customize options, > the same way. > I'm having trouble seeing what use this feature is. The user doesn't have control over which file different options are saved in, and the package authors don't have control over when or even if the various custom files they write to are loaded relative to each other. Who is this for, and what problem is it trying to solve?