From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:08:44 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1502373086.1171866.1069247696.71F9FED4@webmail.messagingengine.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502392242 2943 195.159.176.226 (10 Aug 2017 19:10:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:10:42 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 10 21:10:36 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dfsqq-0000Ki-4R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:10:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54861 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dfsqw-00013n-8h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:10:42 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b4f0f2e796b1ea9d1a3a065fc77d57ad"; logging-data="2838"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+FVQ17X0NJWNxiCDSD3uCc/oPLUN21uEg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:GV6ECSYxrR6r8ku342SP0NAKCl0= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:219875 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113973 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> > (IMHO, *everyone* should use variable `custom-file', to >> > keep Customize away from their init file.) >> >> I'm doing fine using customize and manual changes to .emacs. > > I guess you mean that you use Customize and make manual > changes to your init file, but you do not use `custom-file'. > >> Emacs keeps all it's changes in one place in the .emacs >> without any special care on my part. So far anyway. > > Yes, it does. And provided you make your manual changes only > in _other_ places in the file, the two of you can cohabit that > space copacetically. Certainly doable. Been there; done that. > > But is it generally a good idea to let a program modify a file > that you also edit manually? Maybe, Emacs seems to manage the situation. > IMO, that's just asking for trouble, like using the same > container for cleaning fluid and fruit juice, making sure to > wash it carefully in between. Doable. But not worth it. > > And it provides NO benefit (that I can see). What reason is > there NOT to just point to a separate sandbox for Customize > to play with and mess around in? Simple, one-time. End of > story. No? The benefit is having all your customizations in one place. No need to email me, I'm reading Usenet gnu.emacs.help. -- Dan Espen