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Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs
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Dan Espen |
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Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:08:44 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > (IMHO, *everyone* should use variable `custom-file', to
>> > keep Customize away from their init file.)
>>
>> I'm doing fine using customize and manual changes to .emacs.
>
> I guess you mean that you use Customize and make manual
> changes to your init file, but you do not use `custom-file'.
>
>> Emacs keeps all it's changes in one place in the .emacs
>> without any special care on my part. So far anyway.
>
> Yes, it does. And provided you make your manual changes only
> in _other_ places in the file, the two of you can cohabit that
> space copacetically. Certainly doable. Been there; done that.
>
> But is it generally a good idea to let a program modify a file
> that you also edit manually?
Maybe, Emacs seems to manage the situation.
> IMO, that's just asking for trouble, like using the same
> container for cleaning fluid and fruit juice, making sure to
> wash it carefully in between. Doable. But not worth it.
>
> And it provides NO benefit (that I can see). What reason is
> there NOT to just point to a separate sandbox for Customize
> to play with and mess around in? Simple, one-time. End of
> story. No?
The benefit is having all your customizations in one place.
No need to email me, I'm reading Usenet gnu.emacs.help.
--
Dan Espen
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