From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .emacs-settings.el Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:05:00 +0900 Message-ID: References: <60282.128.165.123.18.1189002441.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <87k5r350o5.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189134349 16126 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 03:05:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 03:05:49 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 05:05:45 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 1ITU9i-0001bl-0e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:05:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITU9g-0007Vz-2w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:05:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITU9c-0007VB-UC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITU9b-0007Tw-6R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITU9a-0007Tk-Vt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:05:06 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITU9X-0003gn-5O; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l87351jR017147; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:05:01 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:05:01 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.98.116] [10.114.98.116]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:05:01 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 0A62D41C; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:05:00 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu\, 06 Sep 2007 15\:58\:26 -0500") Original-Lines: 14 X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:78062 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > I think Emacs should not default to getting default settings from a > hidden file in the path, personally, but it should be possible via > customization to choose that behavior. No, it should do so by default, because if we add such a feature, many projects will start to use such "hidden settings files", and expect that Emacs users of that project will see the resulting effects. Of course it should be possible to disable it if you don't like that. -Miles -- My spirit felt washed. With blood. [Eli Shin, on "The Passion of the Christ"]