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  • From: Robert Figura <rfigura AT aubergine.zwischengesicht.de>
  • To: SM Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] emacs config file
  • Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:07:02 +0000

On Friday 13 August 2004 16:08, Pieter Lenaerts wrote:

> for some lisp plugins, the install instructions say to edit the ~/.emacs
> file
>
> emacs doesn't make this file until user changes his default settings.
>
> does anybody know
>
> 1. if it's 'necessary' to edit .emacs

i think it would be nice smgl style.

> if yes: 2. if we want to edit system-wide in one config file, and which one
> that is or 3. if there is a default config-file (which I failed to find)

pardon?
you mean to find /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/default.el
?

> option 3 is no good imo, as do people in #emacs think: it would force us to
> copy this default in every user directory, and edit this file in every user
> directory every time a plugin is installed that wants this.

no. i think there should be an /etc/smgl.el (site-lisp instead of etc may be
better though) which the user may include if he really wants to. if you
really want to do babysitting put an .emace file into /etc/skel.

> I'm pretty sure that we need option 2, but I'm totally lost in the
> emacs-directories. who can point me out?

Regards
- Robert Figura

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