Re: EXWM

[André A . Gomes]

André A. Gomes <andremegafone@gmail.com> writes:

> Guix forces the execution of (exwm-config-default), unless the user has
> a .exwm file.  That forces a default config on EXWM users, which is
> unpleasant for those (like me) that have been using it for a long time.
> Notice that those users have their EXWM configuration where it belongs,
> i.e. in their Emacs' init file.

There's a subtle and important detail I missed, and I've only noticed it
now.

This returns

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
emacs -q --batch --eval '(progn (require (quote exwm)) (print (featurep (quote 
exwm))))'
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

true, whereas

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
emacs -q --batch --eval '(print (featurep (quote exwm)))'
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

returns nil.  But

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
emacs -q --batch --eval '(print (fboundp (quote exwm-enable)))'
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

returns t (as long as emacs-exwm is installed)!

Therefore the claim that Guix forces a default EXWM config on the users
isn't entirely true.

I was led to think that way since, most likely, I didn't add (require
'exwm) in my Emacs init file.  In result, EXWM's symbols were actually
bound, but, due to the lack of the require statement, it was running
with the non-desired default config.

I apologise for my lack of attention.

I'd say that this also qualifies as evidence that the present "magic" is
a double-edge sword.


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André A. Gomes
"Free Thought, Free World"