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

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> 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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