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Re: Don't concat directories to file names
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Don't concat directories to file names |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:33:47 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Then the recently introduced `user-emacs-directory' should be renamed
> to `user-init-directory',
Indeed. Please: could someone do that?
> The variable currently must end with a directory separator, but that could
> be fixed.
It should be fixed. We should be careful to make it work with or without
a terminating / since it can be set by the user. If we systematically use
it with expand-file-name, this will work automatically.
> (defun user-emacs-file (name &optional new-name)
If we rename the variable to user-init-directory, then the function should
probably be called user-init-file.
> "Convert NAME to an absolute per-user Emacs-specific path.
> If \"~/NAME\" exists, or `user-emacs-directory' is nil, return \"~/NAME\".
> Else, return \"`user-emacs-directory'/NEW-NAME\", or /NAME if NEW-NAME is
> nil."
> (convert-standard-filename
> (let ((at-home (expand-file-name name (concat "~" init-file-user))))
> (if (or (file-readable-p at-home)
> (null user-emacs-directory))
> at-home
> (or (file-accessible-directory-p (directory-file-name
> user-emacs-directory))
> (progn (make-directory user-emacs-directory) t) ;; don't
> catch errors
> (expand-file-name (or new-name name) user-emacs-directory))))))
In most places that introduced the ~/.emacs.d thingy, they typically first
check ~/.emacs.d/TOTO then ~/.TOTO and if neither is present return
~/.emacs.d/TOTO.
Stefan
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, (continued)
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Miles Bader, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Miles Bader, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stefan Monnier, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/16
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/16