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bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:21:03 +0300 |
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>, p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk,
> larsi@gnus.org, 49424@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:30:48 +0200
>
> >> The current XDG_CONFIG_HOME behaviour is opt-in, and I think it should
> >> stay that way, partly so that the default behaviour is consistent
> across
> >> systems, but also because I think the suggested behaviour would cause
> >> widespread confusion from users who run Emacs before creating their
> >> ~/.emacs.d directory, and then can't figure out why their new config
> >> isn't working. (IIRC that is exactly what happened with the original
> >> XDG_CONFIG_HOME support code before it was adjusted to ensure that it
> >> was opt-in behaviour, despite the fact that you needed to be running
> >> a pre-release build of Emacs to be affected and therefore likely to
> >> have a better understanding of things than the average newcomer.)
>
> Eli> I tend to agree with Phil here. Let's leave this part of Emacs alone
> Eli> for a release or two, and see how the user community reacts to the
> Eli> changes we did just recently. Making changes right now in this
> Eli> sensitive area could bring more trouble, and what practical problems
> Eli> are we going to solve?
>
> By 'this part' do you mean the XDG_CONFIG_HOME related changes, or
> also the suggested change to prefer ~/.emacs.d/init.el when no config
> files exist?
I meant both. I think we should leave this area alone for a while and
let the dust settle on the recent changes.
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, (continued)
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Stephen Berman, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Stephen Berman, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/08