From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Persistence of variables Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:21:33 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <867epxuk1e.fsf@zoho.com> References: <87a7v20xlf.fsf@mbork.pl> <83a7v1lxxz.fsf@gnu.org> <87605p28ma.fsf@mbork.pl> <874ll94uvs.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <77e3430c-8533-4962-92fa-3b87e2226563@default> <20180321151926.GF12393@tuxteam.de> <87sh8txefj.fsf@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1522196608 16251 195.159.176.226 (28 Mar 2018 00:23:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:23:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 28 02:23:24 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0ys8-00048H-CW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:23:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36763 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0yuB-0006SG-HK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:25:31 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: qSoaGA3BExm9fXWaUwDTFw.user.gioia.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hOVYMaWSoh7k24R5IgAQ8jixpd8= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:222167 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116285 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski wrote: > And I don't like the hassle of having an > option to a separate file with just this > one variable. You realize this is the weirdest feeling, even tho I believe you its genuine. Because storing data in a file is the most natural thing anyone could ever do with a computer, just like a mathematician would write (0, 0) at origo or a manufacturer of sledge hammers would inscribe the weight in kg and oz on its head. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573