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Re: Easy Customization node in Info says save in your .emacs
From: |
Lennart Borgman |
Subject: |
Re: Easy Customization node in Info says save in your .emacs |
Date: |
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 22:56:52 +0100 |
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Rodgers" <address@hidden>
> Richard Stallman wrote:
> > I believe the following text in the node Easy Customization in Info
is not
> > entirely correct:
> >
> > and to save settings permanently
> > in your `~/.emacs' file (*note Init File::).
> >
> > Should it not be something like "in your custom-file (defaults to
> > ~/.emacs)"?
> >
> > That change would make more complexity for beginners.
> > It is better not to let these obscure features get in the way
> > of explaining the normal case.
>
> I doubt even beginners would find the notion of a default custom-file
> name to be complex.
I agree and instead I think the beginners do have trouble finding out that
you could use custom-file. That was at least what I had.
- Lennart