Eli> custom file if its basename was something special, or perhaps one of a

Eli> small number of fixed names?

(locate-user-emacs-file "custom.el")

perhaps?

Anyway, I've uploaded the patch so that is is not lost. Maybe in the future someone revisits this and finds it cool.

I just want to get rid of the mandatory (load custom-file) in my init.el and not break other people's current configs.

Again, I'm "preaching Emacs" among my students and the question of why custom-file is not loaded automatically if you

define it is coming up only too often.

These youngsters have made me rethink many things... I like teaching :-) keeps me vigilant

/PA

On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 16:26, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:15:50 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
Eli> Would it perhaps help if we could support automatic loading of the
Eli> custom file if its basename was something special, or perhaps one of a
Eli> small number of fixed names? If we choose a name that is unlikely to
Eli> be in wide use, all people will need is to rename their files (and
Eli> modify the init file).

If weʼre going to do it, then it should have one and only one option.

(locate-user-emacs-file "emacs-auto-custom.el")

perhaps?

Robert
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