From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hrvoje Niksic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:13:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87acgxxve5.fsf@xemacs.org> References: <87u0f69ae6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87ek6a7xlr.fsf@xemacs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130268102 6468 80.91.229.2 (25 Oct 2005 19:21:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 25 21:21:38 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUUKz-00030j-01 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:19:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUUKy-0000zC-5e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:19:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EUUFJ-0007Uj-Uw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:14:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EUUF0-0007TT-5S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUUF0-0007TO-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:13:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.29.150.97] (helo=ls405.htnet.hr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EUUEs-000376-EZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:13:39 -0400 Original-Received: from ls422.t-com.hr (ls422.t-com.hr [195.29.150.237]) by ls405.htnet.hr (0.0.0/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j9PJDKWn031127; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:13:23 +0200 Original-Received: from ls422.t-com.hr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ls422.t-com.hr (Qmlai) with ESMTP id 9D767988043; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:13:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Envelope-Sender: hniksic@xemacs.org X-Envelope-Sender: hniksic@xemacs.org Original-Received: from ls422.t-com.hr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ls422.t-com.hr (Qmlai) with ESMTP id 9A33E988042; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:13:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (83-131-15-239.adsl.net.t-com.hr [83.131.15.239]) by ls422.t-com.hr (Qmlai) with ESMTP id 5755A8B8064; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:13:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AC9A743409A; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:13:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:51:38 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) 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:44842 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>> Any objection to the patch below? > >> Ideally I was aiming to have both emacsen share their minibuffer >> histories, but I'm not sure if that's realistic. > > Yes, that's the only objection I could imagine myself. I'm not sure > what to think of it. OT1H it makes sense to try and share the > history, but OTOH there's a pretty clear risk that it won't work > right. It should work correctly -- the only thing that could not work are the differences in coding systems. > For the few users who actively use both Emacs and XEmacs and who > care about sharing their histories, I'd say: customize the > savehist-file variable. Agreed. That's exactly what the code I proposed does.