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RE: [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-w
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Drew Adams |
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RE: [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA |
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Tue, 4 Jan 2022 16:44:31 +0000 |
> I do a similar thing anyway. I can see recommending
> such a thing.
Yes, that's a first step. It should have been done
long ago.
> But I wouldn't like Some Obscure Magic nearly forcing
> people to do it this way?
+1 to no obscure magic.
But yes, preventing Custom from writing to init file
should be done ("forcing", if you prefer that word).
> (Yes, the last bit of your proposal: "do the ... as a default behaviour"
> counts to me as Some Obscure Magic. I much prefer to have the load down
> there in my init file explicitly).
(See my reply to Pedro.)
Users should have complete control, including the
ability to (e.g. conditionally) not load
`custom-file' at all. (E.g., the file might not
make sense when the moon is full.)
By default, `custom-file' (in some default
location) should be empty, in which case loading
it by default is a no-op.
It should never be loaded automatically if it's
already been loaded. And we should even have a
variable that can prevent automatic loading
altogether.
___
All such details can be worked out. The general
idea is that Custom should not write to your
init file (unless of course you explicitly set
`custom-file' to it for some, typically unwise,
reason).
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