From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4347: Bug for .emacs.d? Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:38:08 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4AA1B07E.3080703@alice.it> <4AAABF56.40802@alice.it> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252784859 26656 80.91.229.12 (12 Sep 2009 19:47:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:47:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Angelo Graziosi To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 12 21:47:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MmYZG-0000pN-22 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:47:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55571 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYZF-0008Eb-Hs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:47:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYYu-0007rg-Iy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYYp-0007gP-PF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35401 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYYp-0007g2-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:45540) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmYYo-0008G4-DR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8CJkxDG012887; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:46:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8CJj4SH012532; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:45:04 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:45:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:45:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4347 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4347-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4347.125278429611672 (code B ref 4347); Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:45:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4347) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Sep 2009 19:38:16 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.181] (may be forged)) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8CJcEY5011667 for <4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:38:15 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuAEALOVq0pFpZBe/2dsb2JhbACBU9gThBgFh3Q X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,376,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="45608429" Original-Received: from 69-165-144-94.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.144.94]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 12 Sep 2009 15:36:34 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DC0A283FD; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:38:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:16:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:47:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31020 Archived-At: >> There's no question that the behavior changed. =A0And clearly you do not >> like it. =A0But ... what's the harm? > IMHO, the harm is that the very existence of `user-emacs-directory' > implies that the users can change it to suit their tastes. If you prefer we can hardcode it in locate-user-emacs-file. Notice that it's not a defcustom, not a defvar with a *, not even a defvar without a *, but a defconst. So no, it's not meant to be changed. > How do you force Emacs now to create ~/.emacs.d with another name? You don't. Just like you don't request Emacs to use another name than ~/.emacs. All you can do is set $HOME to use a .emacs or .emacs.d in another directory. Stefan