Re: .emacs-settings.el

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:54:18 +0900 Miles Bader <address@hidden> wrote: 

MB> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
>> Emacs doesn't do that AFAIK, so it would be at least a little
>> surprising to current users.  I personally think it would be a bad
>> design decision.

MB> It should be a user decision.  Just as you might not like "hidden"
MB> files, I do not like random crap cluttering my directory listings.

We agree on both of those things.  My issue was with the default that
Emacs will offer users who have not customized things.

MB> Thus Emacs should probably look for both ".foo.el" and "asdfasdf.el".

MB> (we have to be much more careful with the non-hidden name though,
MB> because it has a much higher chance of conflicting with the directory
MB> content)

That doesn't solve the issue I raised, which is that .foo.el will
*surprise* a user who didn't put it there (or forgot it) when it
overrides some setting.  As I said previously, I'm OK with just using a
dot-filename since it's the majority's opinion that it's a fine option.

Ted