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* Have Customize always use `custom-file`
@ 2022-01-03 16:15 Drew Adams
  2022-01-03 16:20 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 14+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2022-01-03 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Drew Adams, xenodasein@tutanota.de, Stefan Kangas
  Cc: Sean Whitton, emacs-devel@gnu.org

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> > >>>> Customize should not write to your init file ...
> > >>>> That's a bad Emacs design choice, IMO.
> > >>>> It especially should not be the default behavior.
> >
> > I'd prefer the current behavior TBH, because the real
> > issue is not where it is written, it is when it's read.
> 
> No.  The real issue is who is writing it, and where.
> 
> Users can control the location of `custom-file'
> and when it's read.
> 
> And we can provide a default location and time
> of reading.
> 
> > Currently it is easy to place custom-set-variables
> > where you want either inside init file or to place it into another
> > file.
> 
> That would of course still be the case.  Nothing
> prevents you from doing anything in your init or
> another file - including calling custom* functions.
> 
> > Timing is important,
> 
> It's absolutely important, and needs to remain
> under user control.
> 
> > because Customize also has problems with
> > autoloads, and who knows what else.
> 
> Dunno what problems you envision - please be
> specific.
> 
> The only real change is to prevent Customize
> from writing to your init file.  Nothing else.

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