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Getting a fresh emacs session with no customisation

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>, 58459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#58459: Getting a fresh emacs session with no customisation
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:15:34 +0800

uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me> writes:

> The sensible way is to have the user exactly specify the file he wants for setting
> the resource parameters.  This would avoid picking up settings that only the gods 
> know where they are, and what had set them up in the first place. 

Emacs does not control where Xt gets its resources.

> What could happen if the actual x-resource settings are removed from the system?
> Would it be detrimental to users in unknown ways?

It would become impossible to set the input method style reliably, for
one.

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