>>>>> On 28 Jun 1999 20:09:31 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) said:
Karl> [ Bcc: xemacs-beta mailing list ] Karl> Let's move this thread over to `debian-emacsen' please. >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] On Fri, Jun Michael> 25, 1999 at 06:47:45PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >>> - I changed the startups so that the init file is no longer >>> called "~/.emacs", it's in "~/.xemacs/init.el". The options >>> saved by the Options menus won't go into "~/.emacs" either, >>> they'll go into "~/.xemacs/.options.el". It will create the >>> "~/.xemacs/" directory Karl> I'm doing this so it will be possible to install both GNU Karl> Emacs and XEmacs on the same machine, without user config file Karl> clash hassles. This way, nobody has to write conditionals Karl> into ~/.emacs to make it work with both XEmacs and GNU Emacs. Michael> If it's in a "hidden" directory, is there a point in hiding Michael> the file? (ISTMT ~/.xemacs/options.el would be more Michael> noticable.) Karl> Should it be "~/.xemacs/", or "~/xemacs/"? What's the Karl> consensus? .xemacs (I prefer my home directory to be fairly clean and become annoyed at programs that decide they can put a visible directory/file there). I agree though that .xemacs/options.el make more sense than .xemacs/.options.el (no reason to hide a file already in a hidden directory). Dres -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://www.ioa.com/~dres | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach
