Re: Test Alternative initialize scheme

[Nikolay Kudryavtsev]

Most of those kits are .el file based, usually they provide a preset 
~/.emacs.d. Actually since having multiple configurations like this is 
somewhat common, maybe someone should open a feature request to 
implement it as a flag out of box, something like 
--with-user-emacs-directory...

It's less complicated for the end user, especially the new user, because 
successfully configuring Emacs for different advanced applications 
involves making dozens of decisions. Most of those decisions require 
some knowledge and testing. And you may still wound up with something 
controversial. This is even harder for a new user when there's already a 
learning curve.

> why not put the
> same effort into making the software lay onto
> each other in a straightforward way bottom-up?
Because this requires each package developer to be aware of pretty much 
every package that may be used simultaneously with yours. I'm explicitly 
talking about Emacs here, since it's less of a problem in Unix world. 
The way to help with it upstream is providing protocols for package devs 
to use, the new xref is one such thing.

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Best Regards,
Nikolay Kudryavtsev