Re: customize -> save for future disrespects symlinks

[Richard Stallman]

Does this replacement function make it work better?
(This is from the development sources and I don't know
if it works in Emacs 21.  But the crucial change is adding
the call to file-chase-links.)

(defun custom-file ()
  "Return the file name for saving customizations."
  (file-chase-links
   (or custom-file
       (let ((user-init-file user-init-file)
             (default-init-file
               (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) "~/_emacs" "~/.emacs")))
         (when (null user-init-file)
           (if (or (file-exists-p default-init-file)
                   (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
                        (file-exists-p "~/_emacs")))
               ;; Started with -q, i.e. the file containing
               ;; Custom settings hasn't been read.  Saving
               ;; settings there would overwrite other settings.
               (error "Saving settings from \"emacs -q\" would overwrite 
existing customizations"))
           (setq user-init-file default-init-file))
         user-init-file))))