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Re: Running emacs without any customisation


From: uzibalqa
Subject: Re: Running emacs without any customisation
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:56:24 +0000

------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 at 3:13 PM, Michael Heerdegen 
<michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:


> Michael Heerdegen michael_heerdegen@web.de writes:
> 
> > uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me writes:
> > 
> > > (custom-set-variables
> > > '(savehist-additional-variables '(xepty-frame-pos))
> > > '(xepty-frame-pos '(34 . 34)))
> > 
> > Note that this can have side effects (like loading something).
> 
> 
> Let me add: in theory, any kind of side effects (besides setting the
> option variable as requested).
> 
> It is an error in a package if loading the package has side effects other
> than defining functions and variables, recursively loading other stuff,
> and these things, but not all stuff out there respects that rule.
> 
> That could be the case here.
> 
> Michael.

custom-set-variables was introduced when users set their customisations.  If 
there
be side effects, wouldn't it be good that emacs handles them as well if the 
init 
file does not use them.



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