From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [RFC] Micro-Init files in GNU ELPA & Survey suggestions(Re: =?utf-8?b?RmluZGluZwlwYWNrYWdlcw==?= to enable by default) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 20:35:33 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <8761ra7uq3.fsf@yandex.ru> <6c891113-22b0-4f3d-afc9-a735548efbbb@default> <87pppdu2tb.fsf_-_@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386102968 24406 80.91.229.3 (3 Dec 2013 20:36:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 20:36:08 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 03 21:36:13 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1VnwhZ-0005HX-9y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:36:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44795 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnwhY-0001dG-Uh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:36:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50315) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnwhO-0001cF-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:36:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnwhH-0008Mj-Ks for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:38611) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VnwhH-0008Mc-EO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:35:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VnwhG-00055W-Am for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:35:54 +0100 Original-Received: from 94-21-76-206.pool.digikabel.hu ([94.21.76.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:35:54 +0100 Original-Received: from adatgyujto by 94-21-76-206.pool.digikabel.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:35:54 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 94.21.76.206 (Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.16) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:166054 Archived-At: Jambunathan K gmail.com> writes: > > In your list, `desktop' is conscpicous by it's absence. > Lacking an automated method I manually scanned the list and deleted items which seemed irrelevant. You're right, desktop should be there. According to the full list I posted it had a count of 70, so it should be around windmove in the filtered list. I must have deleted it by accident. > The best method will be to create an Emacs Wiki page, where each user > upvotes a feature [1]. Initially entry, based on my own .emacs will be > something like How do you make sure one user can upvote a feature only once and doesn't boost the score of his favorite feature with several edits? Emacs Wiki requires no login and stuff. > I think GNU ELPA is a nice place to create "sharable init files". The > init file is not a monolith, but focuses on a particular usecase. > > Once such a file is introduced, these files themselves will have a life > of their own. They become a "clearing house for common configuration" > for a particular use-case. These files can also serve as bickering > points for evolving a consensus what goes in what value it takes. Will this consensus be representative? Won't average users just add the necessary lines to their own init files where they can modify them, leaving the bickering to the usual emacs-devel contributors?