From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: ihs_4664@yahoo.com, storm@cua.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
rms@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org
Subject: Re: init-dir unification
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:29:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87br0zpa7j.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vez7cpt8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 05 Nov 2005 06:11:15 -0500")
>>> ! (defvar gamegrid-user-score-file-directory "games"
>>
>> It is misleading for users when such variable contains a name relative
>> to some other directory name instead of the absolute directory name.
>> I think a better way to do this is:
>>
>> (defvar gamegrid-user-score-file-directory (init-directory "games")
>
> The idea is that the directory is not created until it is used.
Yes, that is why I removed the second argument `t' from the call to
your function `init-directory', so it will not create the directory
at the variable definition. I think the directory should be created
immediately before the package starts writing the configuration file.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-05 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-04 18:48 init-dir unification (Was: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el) Chong Yidong
2005-11-05 7:55 ` init-dir unification Juri Linkov
2005-11-05 11:11 ` Chong Yidong
2005-11-05 12:29 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2005-11-05 23:43 ` init-dir unification (Was: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el) Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-06 22:58 ` init-dir unification Chong Yidong
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