Re: [External] : Re: Default custom file was: Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA

[Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez]

Ahh got it and yes you are right
/PA

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> El 4 ene 2022, a las 18:56, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> escribió:
> 
> 
>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:32:14 +0100, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez 
>>>>>> <paaguti@gmail.com> said:
> 
>>> The *only* case I can see where we could set custom-file to eg
>>> ~/.emacs.d/custom.el (and maybe load it automatically) is for people
>>> with no customizations.
> 
>    Pedro> Hmmm??? I don't get it... really and humbly sorry. My initial take 
> is that
>    Pedro> things will be clearer if you
>    Pedro> split things between init.el and custom.el.
>    Pedro> Customising and initialising are two different although related 
> things.
>    Pedro> I think it is less dangerous to delete the custom.el file and leave 
> the
>    Pedro> init.el file untouched than to edit
>    Pedro> the .emacs or the init.el file. More so for novice users.
> 
> Iʼm not arguing against splitting custom and init. Iʼm saying you
> canʼt do that automatically except in very specific circumstances,
> since you will surprise and inconvenience people accustomed to the
> current behaviour.
> 
> Robert
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