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Re: defcustom: changing from defvar - order of execution
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: defcustom: changing from defvar - order of execution |
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Wed, 11 May 2005 14:32:24 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Not only was this common in standard libraries before this
>> century, but it is still common for personal "libraries" -
>> that is, .emacs and its extensions.
> .emacs and its extensions are not libraries. Extending the meaning of
> libraries to things like .emacs makes the word useless.
> OK. What's a better term?
Who needs a better term. The point is that *libraries* should not do
anything (other than define new feature) when they're loaded and thus, since
.emacs is not a library, this rule of thumb doesn't apply to it.
> - It happens that personal startup files sometimes evolve into multi-user
> libraries, and these sometimes evolve into standard Emacs libraries.
And they have to change between those stages.
Stefan
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