From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eddward DeVilla" Subject: customize question Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:10:53 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUTS-0005PS-FP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:10:58 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUTQ-0005Mn-2i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:10:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUTP-0005MP-IY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:10:55 -0500 Received: from [66.249.92.172] (helo=ug-out-1314.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GhUTO-0006nY-P8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:10:55 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j3so1348094ugf for ; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:10:53 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Hi all, I'm afraid this might be more of an emacs question than an orgmode specific question. I'm trying to move my org-mode config out of my .emacs as much as possible and into something a little more compartmentalized. I had tried to do as much as I could with #+, but they can only go some far, and for security reasons, I think that is probably good. Right now, my thinking is to have a lisp file that I can call from .emacs to set everything I need for orgmode. I'll have the org file listed in a file instead of having it maintained in the .emacs. I won't have to keep common sections in the org files with file specific configurations and I could even define dynamic blocks and hooks in my configuration. From the one lisp file I could get references to any/all of the other files I would need to look at to copy, move or back up my org setup. I could also put non-org but project related configurations in there like macros for inserting blank project forms. My question is, can I just move the settings from (custom-set-variables ...) out into a separate file without consequences? I know I wouldn't be able to use custom the same way, but I think I'd still prefer having it separate over having the interface to change things. I just didn't know if there was something else magical about the variables maintained by custom. If there is a better answer, feel free to say so or point me at something to read on the topic. Thanks, Edd