Installation overwrites current emacs configuration file?

[cjrd]

Do your current instructions tell the user to overwrite their emacs configuration file (.emacs file)?

[azer]

[cjrd]

Right, you're backing it up and then overwriting it. But won't most users want to load their current configuration file on startup (or am I an outlier)? Would it be better to suggest adding e.g. (load-file "~/emacs.js/init.el") to the end of their current config file (or something similar)

[MichaelPaulukonis]

I'm with @CRJD - I would rather see an emacs.js that plays well with other uses of emacs, instead of demanding to be run as its own emacs instance.

[azer]

Reopened the issue, it's a good point that we should fix. Let's discuss and figure out what could be the best way to have the .emacs file set all the customisations in a way emacs.js doesn't override later.

[expilo]

What about the usual way? Just give a snippet to paste into existing .emacs file. If it's feasible at all, of course.