Subject: bug#10977: detail from .xession-errors concerning .desktop extension of ~./emacs.desktop

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:49:42 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> You could still have them.  The user would simply have to explicitly
> save it in /some/other/place.

OIC.

> FWIW, I think that ".el" should be reserved for files containing Elisp
> code, rather than any Elisp data; IOW it should be intended for `load'
> rather than for `read'.  Not sure what to use for Elisp data,
> tho... maybe ".eld"?

desktop-read does:

;; Evaluate desktop buffer and remember when it was modified.
(load (desktop-full-file-name) t t t)