> 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.
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