RE: FW: [External] : Re: Propose to add setup-wizard.el to ELPA

[Drew Adams]

@@>>>> Customize should not write to your init file ...
@@>>>> That's a bad Emacs design choice, IMO.
@@>>>> It especially should not be the default behavior.
> >>>
> >>> +1, FWIW.
> >> Hmm, then where should it write to?
> > IMO, something like
> > (setq custom-file (locate-user-emacs-file "custom-file.el"))
> 
> Hmm.  I recently deleted something like that which had been in my init
> for years, because I looked it and couldn't come up with a reason why
> the code should be in a separate file.  It seemed like pointless
> complexity.  Why do you think it's better that way?

Go to @@.

Mixing hand coding and automatic coding in the same
file is error-prone.  It's just asking for trouble.
And it's not needed.