> Not only was this common in standard libraries before this > century, but it is still common for personal "libraries" - > that is, .emacs and its extensions.
.emacs and its extensions are not libraries. Extending the meaning of libraries to things like .emacs makes the word useless. OK. What's a better term? Use whatever term you like. I think I made clear what I was talking about. I referred to them as "personal 'libraries'" (note quotes) and "libraries that are essentially custom files or personal extensions". Whatever term you use, I think it's important to recognize: - These different kinds of files have different properties and should be associated with different guidelines. - It happens that personal startup files sometimes evolve into multi-user libraries, and these sometimes evolve into standard Emacs libraries. The guidelines for the different file types would help someone evolve a personal file toward a multi-user library. _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs