At 09:23 AM 1/5/00 -0600, Rich Johns wrote:
>nt4.0
>jde2.16beta12
>jdk1.22
>
>When I customize a variable and "save for future sessions" (sffs), it
>shows up in
>my .emacs file, but does not show up in the relevant project file.
>For a while I was sffs, which put these changes in the
>.emacs, but then, when the project file was loaded it overwrote the
>changes.
>I then went into the project file and hand updated it re the sffs
>changes in the .emacs file.
>(Sorry I know this is frowned upon, I'm trying to be a good jde citizen,
>really :-)
>
>A few questions:
>
>1) If we sffs, do we also need to save project file?
Yes, if you want the settings to apply to the current project.
>2) What is the effect of having the changes saved to the .emacs file,
>when the project files overwrite
> any customizations saved there via a sffs? Do future project files
>pick up these changes? Or, is
> it the case that in the absence of a project file, the .emacs
>settings are used? Actually duh, they
> most definately are because there's no project file to overwrite
>them. So are the .emacs variable
> customizations only effective in the absence of a project file?
>
Yes.
- Paul
