Re: basic settings of Emacs

On 2/26/2026 10:07 AM, Gottfried wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have got a basic question.
> 
> 1.
> Some people use their init.el file and put everything there
> They have a nice overview of all their settings for emacs.
> But it is very long.
> 
> 2.
> Some people use init.el and gnus.el and other .el files
> to sort them topically.
> 
> 3.
> Some people use the Emacs customization to customize everything.
> And besides the init.el file there appears then a custom.el file in 
> which you can´t change anything, but through customization options 
> everything is done.
> 
> 4.
> What option should one prefer?
> 
> 

I have a .emacs file with custom values for each OS and platform:
paths, fonts, clipboard, keyboard, colors. They then call a 
.emacs.commom.el for platform independent customizations.