Re: Software/HD ecology

[Kai Großjohann]

Ajanta <ajanta@no.spam> writes:

> I didn't keep a tally but here is an example. I recently I obtained a
> beta distribution (not emacs) which didn't work out (fair enough,
> that's a known risk in beta) and I deleted it. Or so I thought.

I run Linux instead of MacOS, but maybe this approach works there,
too?

At our site, we have a directory for software with subdirs for each
program, and subsubdirs for each version.  For example, 

    ./configure --prefix=/usr/sw/emacs/21.2

is sufficient to configure Emacs in such a way that subsequent `make'
and `make install' can be undone easily by just removing the
directory /usr/sw/emacs/21.2.  This works because Emacs is the only
program in that directory.

It's a very simple approach, but it works well enough for us.

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hi


> Hi.
> 
> I want to switch off auto-filling in a "Local Variables" section.  I want to
> avoid any questions on evaluation of risky variables, so running
> `auto-fill-mode' or setting `auto-fill-function' is not an option here.

hmm, frobbing this option might help avoid those questions--->
,----
|    The `eval' "variable," and certain actual variables, create a
| special risk; when you visit someone else's file, local variable
| specifications for these could affect your Emacs in arbitrary ways.
| Therefore, the option `enable-local-eval' controls whether Emacs
| processes `eval' variables, as well variables with names that end in
| `-hook', `-hooks', `-function' or `-functions', and certain other
| variables.  The three possibilities for the option's value are `t',
| `nil', and anything else, just as for `enable-local-variables'.  The
| default is `maybe', which is neither `t' nor `nil', so normally Emacs
| does ask for confirmation about file settings for these variables.
`----


> 
> Last not least, I came up with setting `default-justification' to `none'.
> 
> Is that the way to go?


DG                                 http://deego.gnufans.org/~deego/
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>> > Why is that comparable with the clutter of tens of MB and 100's of files
>> > scattered around?
>> Could you expand on your "scattered around" ?
> I didn't keep a tally but here is an example. I recently I obtained a
> beta distribution (not emacs) which didn't work out (fair enough,
> that's a known risk in beta) and I deleted it. Or so I thought. I still
> keep running into some files from it. What gives me pause is that these

Do you have anything concrete like filenames so we might be able
to do something about it or at least explain why things are the
way they are ?

> As I mentioned in the beginning post of this thread, the distribution
> of Emacs 21.3.50 that I got for Mac OSX has *three* executables of

All under the single `Emacs.app' directory.  Seems clean enough to me.


        Stefan


PS: I'm not quite sure what you want w.r.t the non-english language support.
Do you also consider it as clutter ?  If so how and why ?
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I installed the Win2K version of GNU Emacs and
it runs fine.  However I cannot find the file
.emacs or _emacs.  Where is this file supposed
to be?  Do I have to create it?

In Windows 2000, what is the equivalent of
the UNIX "Home" directory?  

Thank you in advance,
Jaime
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Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net> writes:

> In article <un0nckwrq.fsf@superonline.com>,
> 
> >C-Backspace invokes backward-kill-word. I guess the problem is the
> >"kill", which saves the data in the kill ring. I probably need a
> >"backward-delete-word". Does this thing exist or does it have to be
> >written?
> 
> What I usually do is paste first, and then delete.  I position the cursor
> at the beginning of the word and type C-y M-d.
> 

Yes, that works for one paste, but when I position to another string
that I want to paste over, the C-y now pastes the word that was
previously killed. Because the killed data goes to the kill-ring,
whenever I operate on a new word, I have to hit C-y M-y and the number
of M-y's is going to be one more than before. So, if I want to operate
on 4 strings, I will have to hit C-y M-y M-y M-y on the fourth
string...

--
Timur.