From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: message creates ~/Mail Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:23:41 +0900 Message-ID: <873a6rr0hu.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <4AA1B07E.3080703@alice.it> <4AAABF56.40802@alice.it> <4AAB5BD0.2010503@alice.it> <4AAC15EC.6060905@alice.it> <87my4zr2xg.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <08fxarzh4q.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252812246 14072 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2009 03:24:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:24:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 13 05:23:59 2009 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 1Mmfh0-0004pq-LJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:23:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmfgz-0003Bd-54 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:23:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmfgu-0003BY-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmfgp-0003BM-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44796 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmfgp-0003BB-4p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:23:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:43846) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mmfgm-00034d-I5; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.45.67.12.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.45.67.12] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Mmfgk-0007ZY-5n; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:23:42 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7FF052BD94; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:23:41 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <08fxarzh4q.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:57:09 -0400") Original-Lines: 16 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:115262 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: >> [unlike, for instance, the stupid "~/Desktop" etc directories, which >> many GUI apps constantly recreate without] > > On this topic, I find this behaviour of message-mode irritating: ... > bam, you have a ~/Mail directory. Hmm, yeah it probably shouldn't do that -- though it may be related to message auto-saving, so I'm not sure it's entirely trivial to avoid -- but you can customize the directory (`message-directory'). -Miles -- Run away! Run away!