Re: customize messing up .emacs symlink?

[Ed L Cashin]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Ed L Cashin wrote:
>
>> Hi.  I have a .emacs file under version control and symlinked into my
>> home directory.  Every once in a while, emacs replaces my symlink and
>> creates a regular file.
>> Just now I sent some usenet news and saw a message flash by:
>>   Wrote /home/ecashin/.emacs
>>   Sending news via news.gmane.org using nntp...
>>   Opening nnimap server on 127.0.0.1...
>> The difference between the old .emacs and the impostor is shown
>> below.  It leads me to suspect that the customize code of the two
>> emacs versions I use are competing.  I wish they would leave .emacs
>> alone, since I edit it myself and like
>> the symlink.
>
> (setq custom-file "~/emacs.custom")

Thanks much!  I think that should be the default, though.

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