From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: :file keyword for Customize Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 15:43:27 +0900 Message-ID: <878wykm0z4.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <004101c8b129$788cd490$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> <48232D95.3020304@gnu.org> <004501c8b12c$d10ce620$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> <48233394.5060205@gnu.org> <86d4nwr8vs.fsf@lifelogs.com> <000101c8b135$6d360920$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> <87zlr08t1u.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <001601c8b152$4da65480$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210314760 22797 80.91.229.12 (9 May 2008 06:32:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 06:32:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Ted Zlatanov' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 09 08:33:15 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 1JuMAM-00077F-WB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 08:33:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59073 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuM9e-0001fX-FY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuM9Y-0001eR-VK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuM9X-0001dp-1N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36208 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuM9W-0001dm-S5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mtps02.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:47533) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuM9W-0002PK-H6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mtps02.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B737FFC; Fri, 9 May 2008 15:32:20 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DBABF1A25C3; Fri, 9 May 2008 15:43:27 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <001601c8b152$4da65480$0ab32382@us.oracle.com> X-Mailer: VM ?bug? under XEmacs 21.5.21 (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:96858 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > > > This is about letting an individual option or face (or > > > perhaps group) decide where it is stored > > > > I think this is a YAGNI, and likely to lead to a plethora of confusing > > custom files which appear at random times (ie, when you first save a > > customization for a variable that targets that file). > > OK, so you think that. Care to give a reason or two? YAGNI? The proponent says he doesn't really have a use case in <004101c8b129$788cd490$0ab32382@us.oracle.com>. That's a slam dunk. > Why is throwing everything into the same sack better? That's not what I said. I said that the files appear at random times, implying that that is what would be confusing. > I grant you that at least one knows which sack everything is in, if > there is only one sack. That is another good reason. > But beyond that? Sorry, you only get three wishes per magic lamp. I'm not going to play.