> | > But, note, what you should really do is byte compile the .emacs, > | > using > | No. That's almost never a good idea. > Is it a bad idea, and why?
Since it requires extra work, I think the more relevant question is "is it a good idea, why?". Byte-compilation, like many things creates basically a copy of the source file (tho in a slightly different form, presumably more efficient). So there are fundamentally two potential problems: 1 - the act of byte-compiling (can take time, can fail, ...). 2 - the presence of two redundant "copies" which are not kept 100% automatically in sync. Maybe you'll never suffer from any bad effect, but since the .emacs file rarely if ever contains any loop (the only place where byte-compilation of .emacs has a fighting chance of having a measurable impact on execution time), it's just not worth the trouble. Stefan _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs