From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: always put Customizations in `custom-file', never in `user-init-file' Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:58:00 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197392416 28209 80.91.229.12 (11 Dec 2007 17:00:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:00:16 +0000 (UTC) To: , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 11 18:00:25 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J28T2-0001m4-An for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:00:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J28Sj-0005iQ-JL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J28R3-0003Td-Jz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J28Qz-0003Jn-GC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J28Qz-0003JQ-4r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:17 -0500 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J28Qy-00061G-PY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id lBBGwCOi000683; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:58:12 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id lBB7eaCB001096; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:58:10 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-73-94.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3432850221197392279; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:57:59 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:85051 Archived-At: > ... you can keep on editing everything, including custom-set-faces, > in your .emacs. > > Except I don't always edit custom-set-faces in my .emacs. Sometimes I > use a customize interface. So you sometimes use Customize to save faces, and then you edit those saved settings in .emacs. And you said your objections are that 1. "it is easy to see and change, and change again (and perhaps again and again)" `custom-set-faces' in your .emacs. 2. "it is easier for me to remember the name of one customization file, a .emacs file, than two." Clear enough.