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Re: default.el and site-start.el
From: |
David Masterson |
Subject: |
Re: default.el and site-start.el |
Date: |
28 Jun 2003 18:46:53 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 |
>>>>> Stefan Monnier writes:
> I don't actually use default.el because it can create surprise when
> the user sets something in his .emacs and it gets overridden by
> default.el.
Users should tend toward 'setq' in their .emacs while admins should
tend toward 'defvar' (or 'defcustom') in default.el. (CMIMW) defvar
doesn't override the value set by setq.
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David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com
Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc.
Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA