Re: .emacs vs .xemacs vs .xemacs.el vs...?
Raymond Toy <toy(a)rtp.ericsson.se> writes:
I regret not having followed the decision not to use .xemacs/
anymore.
However, since the decision has been made not to use .xemacs/, but
.emacs instead, I'm getting confused. Are customizations going to be
stored in .emacs now? What happened to the use of .xemacs (or was
that .xemacs.el) to hold XEmacs startup code? Current behavior (b41)
shows that .xemacs/init.el is still read.
This is turning into an xemacs-beta FAQ. No specific decision was
ever made. `.xemacs/' was never used in a released XEmacs version.
Customizations aren't stored to `.emacs' "now", they've always been
stored to .emacs (and no, I don't like that). I sense that, if I
repeat it more, I think I'm gonna scream with frustration. :-(
Finally, this decision is not final. It is only a strategic drawback
before the impending release. If there is interest, we will revisit
the issue of `.xemacs/' in 21.1. This time it should be done right,
though.
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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* Q: What is an experienced Emacs user?
* A: A person who wishes that the terminal had pedals.