From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:27 -0500 Message-ID: <87wtjuh114.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87u0f69ae6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87oe5e977f.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87oe5dapcz.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87wtjxt1z8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hdazbqnm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pspn9kc0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130725806 32467 80.91.229.2 (31 Oct 2005 02:30:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, michael.cadilhac@lrde.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 31 03:29:55 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWPQc-0006Ng-R5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:29:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWPQb-0007si-Sf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWPQR-0007rP-02 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWPQP-0007qd-H3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWPQP-0007qa-Cs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [18.95.6.101] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EWPQO-0003iS-5w; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:28 -0500 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 097FF1E4375; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:29:28 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:14:15 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (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:45154 Archived-At: > Another note: it seems to me that most libraries that use ".emacs.d" > look for it in "~". Would it make sense to extend the > `init-file-user' variable so that the directory goes into > > (concat "~" init-file-user "/.emacs.d") > > Yes! You sure? What is the intended usage of init-file-user anyway? If normal libraries follow init-file-user, you could have a situation where a user tries to write customization files into the home directory of another user. This doesn't make much sense, but I don't understand when it makes sense to set init-file-user in the first place.