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Subject: Re: Feedback on new Customization
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Brent B. Powers writes:
>Per Abrahamsen writes:
> > From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
> > To: ding@ifi.uio.no
> > Subject: Re: Feedback on new Customization
> > Date: 09 Oct 1996 15:45:04 +0200
> > 
> > 
> > >>>>> "WH" == Wesley Hardaker <Wesley.Hardaker@sphys.unil.ch> writes:
> > 
> > WH> You know, I hate things that modify my .emacs...  I hate using the
> > WH> 'save options' menu item for that reason.  Oh well, someday I had to
> > WH> give in (I did so for 'customize'...).  
> > 
> > RMS wanted it that way.  You can customize it though, by setting the
> > `custom-file' option.  You will then have to load the new custom file
> > from `.emacs' explicitly.
>
>Wouldn't it be lovely if one could have a custom-file attached to
>particular customization groups? {ahem, hint, hint}  In that way, I
>could have my gnus stuff go to either .custom or .gnus, my
>customization stuff go to .custom, et alia

  Ohhh ohhh - I like this idea.

-Bill "Thinking about making W3 use defcustom" Perry