From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RFC: Flavors - naming significant sets of customizations Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:51:35 +0530 Message-ID: <877gbnhlpc.fsf@gmail.com> References: <9fc6b1ae-7cbd-4a17-a9a0-f4af42969312@googlegroups.com> <5592550c-72f1-4e9b-93db-dc7f95742d27@googlegroups.com> <874n6vx2aq.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87eh5yitq2.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <871u1yezoy.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87y544k03q.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385961724 31054 80.91.229.3 (2 Dec 2013 05:22:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 05:22:04 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 02 06:22:07 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VnLxN-0000wR-Vs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:22:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33818 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnLxN-0006KG-4Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:22:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42394) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnLx8-0006KA-Am for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:21:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnLx2-0001XU-VT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:21:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pd0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::236]:51115) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnLx2-0001WT-Nr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:21:44 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pd0-f182.google.com with SMTP id v10so17381873pde.27 for ; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:21:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=G915joUJEaol3HfSBVvjtajuJuM8DWQy9/A73YEBZ5g=; b=rfIkZRaosTq/yncOawpNKOEkDgGfUJaFkY5mcdEiPtTml+5C9skMLk0zR8Fe/8ihu3 dH5UWhYEdmaPNngHGCNy9yafjztl3oIuDYYlZf75Ue+FZmYLHlVD/j9BvvXxVSD1M8Ki yHNN959MKQ6iQGpGfuzYLNEec2Y/ho25ZZLhrbMJf4pNC7M+KOnWj7qrICtfUBtiMeEF Kn33ux+AnW1WO3nV92vAhSh114nf2DDHmmegClbEEJR2yn+YojCd5sw66o+B8u21LHYq 1rEiIccp8R1GUb0dx3ptMXwLDAfOtIaLk3AWm5+S+bSxsS6zXVKJZOEwohqw0igUQ7Y3 minA== X-Received: by 10.66.137.109 with SMTP id qh13mr1818475pab.140.1385961703450; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:21:43 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.242.255.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id km1sm27643909pbd.13.2013.12.01.21.21.40 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:21:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87y544k03q.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:27:12 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c02::236 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94776 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Yes, I will go through my Elisp and for each defun, ask myself if it > is something I did just because I like it that way or if it is > something others could benefit from. I think most of it isn't, but I > know some is, so I will do it. Strange. I went through precisely the same thoughts when I wrote the first ever library I wanted to share. So "merely" shifting your POV from "a user" to "a sharer" triggers a different chain of thoughts. Even if you don't share, this is a good POV for it's own sake. > When I'm done, should I post it on gnu.emacs.sources Yes or You can say that you want to put it in GNU ELPA (if the library is more useful). You will get lots(?) of feedback from experienced lispers. That is a low traffic and high quality list, usually visited by folks who are serious about Emacs Lisp and are not hesitant to have a conversation. I think of mailing lists as dropbox (only that the dropbox is all over the city) or as a pastebin. I just "save" my little trick in the mailing list and in a decade from now if I have to "retrieve" that snippet all I have to do is search for my own posts. The "side effect" is that others can also hit upon it.