Re: It's Huntin' Season
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> Then we have major differences of opinion here. I do not think
> that ls is a configuration option for my bash session, since ls is
> not run when I start bash.
Right. And if I have an emacs program "foobiebletch", and I want some
autoloads installed, the installation of those autoloads is *NOT*
"running foobiebletch".
Code that installs those autoloads is not configuration information.
> I think that when add on packages are installed in emacs, that
> changes the behaviour of my editor from the default upstream
> behaviour, something I may have been used to on other machines, and
> these added changes must be configurable.
>
> If you truly do not see the distinction, we are at an impasse.
Of course I see the distinction--don't be *that* patronizing! You've
been assuming I don't see something. Wrongo!
What is the difference is the amount of importance we ascribe to the
distinction.
> Which programs behaviour is changed by ls? Does it run on
> shell startup? Does it run without user intervention?
In my example above, nothing is *run* by installing the autoloads for
foobiebletch. Do you use emacs a lot?
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