From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tolugboji Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: User setup for emacs Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:11:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: <_hPghC52nCHcM9izGxvfRniNjSR9yqHZQKxdgMKY2lYzb9hZJMh-k6FrfNgjJc8lH1Xea5T4vT-A8ELuKhSufn0xNIUFL6DdF7q5Ct3f7-Y=@protonmail.com> <_zcW67yISWVgSo31DJJD8XANED8YEHvOKx8P3AHo1uKU994xCKtwfNNLcPXwhDcDWuARC2QXU1DNxOxbMzzii9ysGFDB5nbjf_4c5DuLQsI=@protonmail.com> <87mtnh3qt2.fsf@zoho.eu> <4VHDFRlLUNiQxaF-XiWhcg7mxb6UTNcw1R3TOYKk21-uogPjSuSp_g6UtpGszbHixYlJzsgLJojtIF8BG4pRbHeprzQihH6JK4AmKfAoFBw=@protonmail.com> <87a6jg51m4.fsf@zoho.eu> <875yu44ynk.fsf@zoho.eu> Reply-To: tolugboji Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29415"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 10 19:13:51 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mZcOV-0007Qi-OO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:13:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36074 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZcOU-0002Mp-5A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:13:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47368) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZcMs-0002Md-M3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:12:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40135.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.135]:28185) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZcMp-0001ip-G8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:12:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail; t=1633885917; bh=VID1F1i0EfWN6GWg+pHMDcLsKY2NTEeJd3ERHJpgSRw=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=T7GJCrsWUcLWqjxVHlMlPhspq/+Wp+avd1kpfq8OXf+51MiGcZ/j11qrpOJVgaapB CzT//A9fGgVCL0ZjytXfnndvIBfxLehB9I74G/Wh58xNuUWClbdU3Ye2CPh5y6x9jg 7Rq1J9Z4LfS+aWN4V2O2Asxra6nyMoBaYy+8H2QM= In-Reply-To: <875yu44ynk.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.135; envelope-from=tolugboji@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40135.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133684 Archived-At: =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Sunday, October 10th, 2021 at 4:45 PM, Emanuel Berg via Users list for t= he GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > tolugboji wrote: > > > > Your posts don't look good BTW ... > > > > I work to improve them and for others to find useful > > > > information. I do not see that emacs provides a .emacs > > > > dering installation. > > It doesn't if you by installation mean the placing of binaries > > etc in $PATH directories and such stuff ... > > But I like it that way, I don't like when Emacs adds stuff to > > my init files and I see no advantage of that, on the contrary > > I'd keep that human/computer separation clean. The problem I find is there is no guide on how to get emacs to access the user customisation files. Perhaps there could be an init file with the lines commented out, and then one can add the paths etc to the user customisation. > Also I have no idea why this "has to" be the way it is but > > with this at least I don't have to see it > > (setq custom-file "~/ooa/dork.elc") > > I don't even use custom so why can't that be opted out > > completely? Or can it? Apologies if so ... > > > The article claims that the latest way to include > > > > customisations is via ~/.emacs.d/init.el rather than using > > > > ~/.emacs. Is this claim correct? > > Well, to me the init files were just files, the only thing > > setting .emacs apart is that Emacs by default looks for it, > > i.e., looks for a file located in $HOME with that name. > > But I don't know, maybe there is indeed a policy which is > > wholly or in part enforced somehow with respect to specific > > files ... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------ > > underground experts united > > https://dataswamp.org/~incal