As for customize-option, if you don't want options to clobber you main init file you can do this: (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el") (load custo

As for customize-option, if you don't want options to clobber you main init file you can do this: (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el") (load custom-file) It's good for version control and for separating manual changes from customizations.