[debbugs-tracker] bug#22727: closed (Managing packages writes the user init file)

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> Managing packages writes the user init file
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> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:49:36 +0100
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> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0
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> I have noticed that just using
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>   Options - Manage Emacs Packages
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> writes my init file. For example I find these additions in my case:
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> (custom-set-variables
>  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
>  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>  '(package-selected-packages (quote (tabbar-ruler sr-speedbar))))
> (custom-set-faces
>  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
>  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
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> I discovered this only casually..
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> I think this is not the right thing to do. Why an application should 
> write a file which belongs to the user?
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> Maybe there is a better way saving those additions in another file which 
> the use could customize, more or less as we do with the desktop file or 
> lock file. For example in my init.el file I have
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> ;; Instead to save in ~/.projects.ede
> (setq ede-project-placeholder-cache-file "~/.emacs.d/projects.ede")
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> ;; Instead to save in ~/.emacs.desktop
> (setq desktop-base-file-name "~/.emacs.d/desktop")
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> ;; Instead to save in ~/.emacs.desktop.lock
> (setq desktop-base-lock-name "~/.emacs.d/desktop.lock")
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> We could have something like this
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> ;; Instead to save in ~/.emacs.packages_installed
> (setq desktop-base-lock-name "~/.emacs.d/packages_installed")
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> This would be very useful.. :)
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> TIA,
>  Angelo.
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> Re: bug#22727: Managing packages writes the user init file
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> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:36:50 +0100
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> Angelo Graziosi <address@hidden> writes:
> >                          please close this bug report (who is
> > interested could always reopen another)
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> done.
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> Note that you can do that yourself by appending -done to the bug number
> in the bug address (I did just that).
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> Nicolas.
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