From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Settings Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87y2zuumeg.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <3927d736-2447-4aa0-9734-339efd497898@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="45367"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 25 20:21:51 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i1x9A-000Bdw-G4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:21:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45018 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i1x98-0004yM-Ug for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i1x8g-0004yA-Vv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1x8f-0003oS-Dp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:3671) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1x8f-0003nt-8S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E55CE100ECB; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id C869B100EB9; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:14 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1566757274; bh=g0btqRvy1I0g9+TC5Kba+d2jOvDz5wCExHqLJFGc4aU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=bq+jv9hH/u1TBQVmPsGzlYQUdpbE81klZNxSXO3aFu7u5aIPB/78aAyZ0vWH4E6tv v4rSlqMvfmYo+S+N4cZhPlAPrwO7lfmkVGdEhuM5OmQwe6eboNgWo8UwWPMwJLWzBG 5YB+ivKdgufTmaRvOUH9cNbntzinAUOcfY7h2kbO9deIrizPvBfa0BAQc2OejsOH+6 11+Dg5/baRw7hZ/qeXN9bVKzm79HXc/fFSCiap+NXXMe6E97PQ394Cx0nrwMxWO1pC mUEVWs436k7bYM9YuJbIDbHBfiYSShtxAQI3Bxjx+J8wb6xvb5E29PahY4Xvnhj8/N 3/K+k+ghFyi/w== Original-Received: from alfajor (modemcable157.163-203-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.203.163.157]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 84A43120538; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:21:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3927d736-2447-4aa0-9734-339efd497898@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 25 Aug 2019 09:30:26 -0700 (PDT)") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 132.204.25.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:239555 Archived-At: >> IOW if Emacs just loads ~/.emacs.d/custom.el before ~/.emacs.d/emacs.el >> some things will break, and same thing if it swaps the order. > Definitely. The doc should tell users that they > need to decide when/where in their init files to > load `custom-file'. Maybe another option is to provide a command M-x keep-your-fingers-off-my-.emacs which moves the custom-set-variables to a new file and replaces it with a load and a setq of custom-file. Stefan