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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:249804 Archived-At: > > 2) Now, it seems that there is no consensus about what to put in the > init > > file to have that file load automatically when emacs starts, which is > what > > a user would like to do. >=20 > [ The first step is of course to make sure the file is found from > `load-path`. ] >=20 > If the file is needed simply because the user decided to split their > `.emacs` file into several separate files, then `load` (or `require`) > is probably fine. That is the case where the file is a configuration > file, i.e. loading it changes Emacs's behavior. >=20 > If OTOH that other file is a package/library which provides a > particular feature (in which case, loading the file *should not* > change Emacs's behavior), then usually what should be done is add > a few `autoload`s to load the file on-demand. +1