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Re: Default emacs init file location confusion
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
Re: Default emacs init file location confusion |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:37:25 +0100 |
>>>>> On Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:49:28 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> said:
Eli> On January 8, 2020 12:22:12 PM GMT+02:00, Robert Pluim
<address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>>>> On Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:05:57 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
>> said:
>> >> hence Iʼd prefer:
>> >>
>> >> Use the XDG directory if it exists, but donʼt create
>> >> it. Otherwise, use ~/.emacs.d (and create it if necessary).
>>
Eli> This is IMO a much more invasive change, and therefore
>> inappropriate
Eli> for the release branch. The current code relies on
Eli> user-emacs-directory to exist. Lifting this restriction should
>> be a
Eli> separate change, and we should do it on master.
>>
>> I didnʼt propose making user-emacs-directory not exist. I proposed
>> creating only ~/.emacs.d (and then using it).
Eli> That would mean we sometimes prefer XDG and sometimes .emacs.d,
Eli> something that IMO will be harder to explain and document, and easier
Eli> to become confused about.
We'll prefer XDG *if* it exists, otherwise we ignore it. I donʼt think
thatʼs particularly open to confusion.
Robert
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, (continued)
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Elias Mårtenson, 2020/01/07
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/07
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Mingde (Matthew) Zeng, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Elias Mårtenson, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Elias Mårtenson, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion,
Robert Pluim <=
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Stefan Monnier, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Stefan Monnier, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Mingde (Matthew) Zeng, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/08
- Re: Default emacs init file location confusion, Robert Pluim, 2020/01/08