GNU bug report logs - #58459
Getting a fresh emacs session with no customisation

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, uzibalqa <at> proton.me, 58459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#58459: Getting a fresh emacs session with no customisation
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:13:27 +0300

> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
> Cc: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>, luangruo <at> yahoo.com, psainty <at> orcon.net.nz,
>  58459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:36:43 +0200
> 
> > And X resources are as much user settings as what the user sets on the
> > init files.  So Emacs cannot but obey them.  It is user's
> > responsibility to set up his/her settings according to his/her
> > preferences.
> 
> The user makes a good point.  When a user want emacs to obey x-resources,
> the user specify the  x-resources in their init file.  Rather than obey them
> when a user did not specifically ask for that to happen.

That's not how X applications work, and that's not how Emacs has
worked since day one on X.

So please stop arguing, this is not going to change.

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