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RE: :file keyword for Customize


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: :file keyword for Customize
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:59:01 -0700

> > How about adding a :file keyword for `defcustom' and `defface'?
>   
> What do existing packages like Gnus and JDEE do to save their 
> options in a separate file?

No idea. I don't have or use either.

> If what they do is hacky, then that would support such 
> a need, but if they can do it cleanly already, then it might 
> be suitable for your needs too.

To be clear, I don't have any particular needs in this regard. I just thought
this might make sense generally.

The granularity for Customize customizations, in terms of persistence and
loading is currently all or none: everything is in one file (`custom-file' or
`init-file'). It just occurred to me that it might be better to at least let
Emacs-Lisp programmers group customizations into smaller persistence/load units,
if they see fit.





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