From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Max Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15539: comment Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 23:32:01 +0100 Message-ID: <9c71f3ab-6322-c7fd-b98d-28f27d6c51f1@campus.tu-berlin.de> References: <87wqlqiayq.fsf@carifio.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478213071 15092 195.159.176.226 (3 Nov 2016 22:44:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 22:44:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 To: 15539@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 03 23:44:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qjx-00019Y-Fw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:44:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35476 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qk0-0002RF-2g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:44:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34381) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qju-0002RA-Ub for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:44:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qjq-0001jw-3H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:44:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qjp-0001jp-VP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qjp-0000Ph-N1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:44:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87wqlqiayq.fsf@carifio.org> Resent-From: Max Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 22:44:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15539 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix patch Original-Received: via spool by 15539-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15539.14782130351568 (code B ref 15539); Thu, 03 Nov 2016 22:44:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15539) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Nov 2016 22:43:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41954 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2Qjj-0000PE-AI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:43:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tu-berlin.de ([130.149.7.33]:2846) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c2QYI-000093-MB for 15539@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:32:07 -0400 X-tubIT-Incoming-IP: 94.223.128.223 Original-Received: from dslb-094-223-128-223.094.223.pools.vodafone-ip.de ([94.223.128.223] helo=[192.168.178.40]) by mail.tu-berlin.de (exim-4.84_2/mailfrontend-8) with esmtpa for <15539@debbugs.gnu.org> id 1c2QYF-00081q-m1; Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:32:05 +0100 X-PMX-Version: 6.0.0.2142326, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2016.11.3.222417 X-PMX-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=0%, Report='' X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:43:54 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125315 Archived-At: As an Emacs user I would like to kindly request you to reconsider this bug. I think that the added complexity (look at the patch size, and even that is more comments than code) is more than justified by the convenience it adds. Yes, there are some workarounds which are either cumbersome (like fiddling with symlinks) or break things (like adjusting $HOME). Using straightforward approach is better because it's 100% backward-compatible, easy to use and aligns well with user expectations (many other programs allow you to override default config location with environment variable). best regards, Max.