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#20198: Question about emacs and DevAssistant Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:31:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5512A908.3010901@redhat.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427293956 7466 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2015 14:32:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20198@debbugs.gnu.org To: Petr Hracek Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 25 15:32:24 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLw-0008NR-KO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:32:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39387 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLv-0004uC-Pa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:32:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55430) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLn-0004tt-O1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:32:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLi-0004tK-6D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:32:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLi-0004tG-3e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLh-0008V0-Oe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:32:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20198 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20198-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20198.142729391732655 (code B ref 20198); Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20198) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2015 14:31:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36490 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLY-0008UY-JI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:31:57 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:28241) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YamLT-0008UH-1i for 20198@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:31:51 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgUFAGvvdVTO+KpL/2dsb2JhbAA3gVOhb4EIgXUBAQQBGD4jBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgTohGLeWsJAwECgz4Dg3AEo2OEWA X-IPAS-Result: AgUFAGvvdVTO+KpL/2dsb2JhbAA3gVOhb4EIgXUBAQQBGD4jBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgTohGLeWsJAwECgz4Dg3AEo2OEWA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.01,1,1400040000"; d="scan'208";a="114544510" Original-Received: from 206-248-170-75.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.170.75]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 25 Mar 2015 10:31:41 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 087D82441; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:31:41 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <5512A908.3010901@redhat.com> (Petr Hracek's message of "Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:24:40 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:100924 Archived-At: > Can anybody help me with creating "the best" general .emacs file? We generally try to design the default settings to be "the best" we can. So from that point of view, "the best" general .emacs would be an empty .emacs. Maybe a non-empty .emacs would make sense for DevAssistant by making it not just "best in general" but "best for a Fedora box", but IIUC this is normally already done by Fedora's packaging of Emacs, so the best general .emacs there is still an empty .emacs, IIUC. Of course, tastes vary, so maybe you should survey your users instead of asking Emacs developers (who tend to be a rather conservative bunch). Stefan