From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How big are your customisations? Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:02:48 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <8564hkiszb.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <1153907142.547631.259450@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153910458 25627 80.91.229.2 (26 Jul 2006 10:40:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:40:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 26 12:40:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5gos-0005an-Qe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:40:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5gos-00037v-BB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:40:50 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed01.chello.at!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:j1shmraRQlB8EttYYwGnjAZz0k8= Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Jul 2006 12:02:50 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: a03c307d.newsread2.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=WA3GHf9DEI^H^J66Eo??P_Q5U85hF6f; TjW\KbG]kaMXU7^]5?JhlB^D5MOK` 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:36236 Archived-At: "Davin Pearson" writes: > Here is a quote from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs) > >> Many advanced users have .emacs files hundreds of lines long, with >> idiosyncratic customizations that cause Emacs to diverge wildly >> from the default behavior. > > My own customisations total 15,343 (that's 15 thousand) lines. > > I have split my .emacs file into 85 files to simplify things. > > My code includes all of my font preferences, > an automated backup system, a C++ > class browser and many more features. > > I was wondering how many lines of Lisp code > other people out there use. How many lines > do people like Eli Zaretskii, Richard Stallman > or Donald Knuth use... About 250 lines, and about 90 of those are variables set with customize. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum