From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Info nodes titles font size customization Date: 5 Oct 2008 20:01:23 GMT Message-ID: References: <87ej2v5njx.fsf@gmail.com> <87r66vuid1.fsf@gmail.com> <874p3qopx0.fsf@gmail.com> <87hc7q4ytj.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223239349 8834 80.91.229.12 (5 Oct 2008 20:42:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:42:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 05 22:43:27 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1KmaQJ-0006c4-By for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:41:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57030 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KmaPF-0007V8-8F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:40:45 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Trace: individual.net LawcmQkf7rceaVDL0H/JwQEyXqsKuSMr/K6Vasn0uTZvn+8xNN Cancel-Lock: sha1:iRvP2fn2axJ+A/ZiUu1EoQoofNg= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Editor: Emacs of course! User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9 (Linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163059 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58401 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > However, this is what I'd recommend: Set variable `custom-file' to the > name of a different file from `.emacs', e.g. `~/rodolfo-custom-file', and > then use Customize. It's much easier and cleaner than you think. This > will keep all of the ugly Customize-maintained stuff out of your > `.emacs'. See the Emacs manual, node Saving Customizations. in your shell: mkdir ~/.emacs.d in ~/.emacs: (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el") (setq load-path (cons "~/.emacs.d" load-path)) that puts all the clutter from customize in custom.el, which is neatly tucked away in a hidden directory. the second line allows you to put your personal add-ons in that same directory, keeping the clutter out of your home dir. -- Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9)