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[Mads Laursen <smgl AT dossen.dk>]

On 13/08/04 18.08, 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
> 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)
> 
> 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.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that we need option 2, but I'm totally lost in the 
> emacs-directories.
> who can point me out?

Since we are talking about plugins, I think the proper way to add
their needed config is to add a seperate file to a suitable hook-dir
(similar to /etc/profile.d). The following code from my .emacs does it
for me:
    (require 'cl)
    (mapcar 
     'load 
      (remove-duplicates 
       (mapcar 
        (lambda (string)
          (string-match "^\\(.*\\)\\.elc?$" string)
          (match-string 1 string))
        (directory-files "~/.emacs.d/" 'full "\\.elc?$"))
       :test 'equal))

The reference to ~/.emacs.d/ should of cause be changed to something
system-wide, and the code should be placed in either a global settings
file or/and /etc/skel/.emacs whatever would work in the case of emacs.

/dossen

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