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Ready-to-use Emacs Setup for JavaScript and Go
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Installation overwrites current emacs configuration file? #6

Open cjrd opened 10 years ago

cjrd commented 10 years ago

Do your current instructions tell the user to overwrite their emacs configuration file (.emacs file)?

azer commented 10 years ago

cjrd commented 10 years ago

Right, you're backing it up and then overwriting it. But won't most users want to load their current configuration file on startup (or am I an outlier)? Would it be better to suggest adding e.g. (load-file "~/emacs.js/init.el") to the end of their current config file (or something similar)

MichaelPaulukonis commented 10 years ago

I'm with @crjd - I would rather see an emacs.js that plays well with other uses of emacs, instead of demanding to be run as its own emacs instance.

azer commented 10 years ago

Reopened the issue, it's a good point that we should fix. Let's discuss and figure out what could be the best way to have the .emacs file set all the customisations in a way emacs.js doesn't override later.

expilo commented 10 years ago

What about the usual way? Just give a snippet to paste into existing .emacs file. If it's feasible at all, of course.