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Re: dot-files
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: dot-files |
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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:23:47 -0500 |
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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:04:12 +0000 (UTC) "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden>
wrote:
RJC> Calling dot-files `hidden' is misleading. They are used for
RJC> configuration.
By convention they are hidden from visual display by default on
Unix-like systems, and don't match '*' shell patterns (AKA "match
everything"). Why is it misleading to state this fact? Whether they
are used for configuration is the software package's decision and it is
also a convention to use them that way.
Emacs generally uses just a few dot-files in a well-known location for
configuration, so my discussion was about the surprise to current Emacs
users.
Ted
- dot-files, Robert J. Chassell, 2007/09/07
- Re: dot-files,
Ted Zlatanov <=
- Re: dot-files, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/07