On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 06:05:26PM +0000, Faheem Mitha wrote: > I think that for add-on lisp packages for emacs, there should be an > install-time option (debconf would be the obvious way to go here) to > enable the package globally, and if it is not enabled globally, there > should be instructions in the README.Debian to enable it locally on a > per-user basis. > > My basic justification for this is that some users may not want > packages enabled that they don't want/need to use, and in some cases > it may interfere with their established methods of working.
What do you mean by `enabled'? A typical emacs package has little effect unless you explicitly invoke it. The major exception is probably patterns added to `auto-mode-alist' -- and that only seems to be a problem if there's a conflict. > Both AUC TeX and preview-latex are currently doing > this, and I believe x-symbol will be following this soon, based on a > recent thread on this list. I don't use either of these packages; can you give more information on how they are causing problems for `non-users'? -Miles -- I have seen the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo
