From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:17:55 +0200 Message-ID: <871r4a8q24.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87bl7fscid.fsf@gnus.org> <87zguybhzw.fsf@gmail.com> <995892f5-e466-ada6-a64a-e1199d4e33a6@froglet.home.mavit.org.uk> <831r8aezu6.fsf@gnu.org> <05beaaf-113c-1260-e58-a4736396a765@froglet.home.mavit.org.uk> <83tul5exg2.fsf@gnu.org> <79b0205e-b8c5-d11c-5b78-812c352d755@froglet.home.mavit.org.uk> <83h7h5e334.fsf@gnu.org> <8735oqa6zd.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32432"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Peter Oliver , 49424@debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim@gmail.com To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 24 16:19:09 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1meeL7-0008HV-G3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:19:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55444 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1meeL6-0006nb-D1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1meeL0-0006nS-CH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57161) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1meeL0-0006go-3p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1meeKz-0000D1-W9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49424 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 49424-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49424.1635085087739 (code B ref 49424); Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49424) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Oct 2021 14:18:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40474 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1meeK7-0000Br-Jf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:18:07 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:44630) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1meeK5-0000BO-So for 49424@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:18:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=p5SNJo0RFeyf4lP8MxboTYedQNg107vsHMpfY0X3XFU=; b=mI7MFItFz5tx9EG5XEATSrpwvA XY7rkk70Ev2TU61LvrSPknA5Glho2ueRN2J77L4Xlk5xY2dYEvOSdcYzLItEA0LkwhBDeOGmRPGIJ WqD4ZXB/FzDM3ZhXMvYohuxdn/uuqTeCKZf+MHWlJQmD+9nN5FgRDZ12dqQxh+twn2X4=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1meeJw-0007rA-CW; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:17:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sun, 24 Oct 2021 07:10:19 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:218129 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: >> For brevity the rest of the Emacs documentation generally uses >> =E2=80=98~/.emacs.d/init.el=E2=80=99 for the init file. > > I guess because that's not the convention we actually use. :-) > We say ".emacs" everywhere. AFAICT, the only place we even mention > "~/.emacs.d/init.el" in the manual is this node (!). Heh heh. Oh, OK. > That's why I proposed to change "current" to "historical", but the word > "traditional" is also good IMO. But what about changing all the .emacs instances to ~/.emacs.d/init.el, which is what we're trying to encourage, I think? (Even if we let ~/.emacs.el and ~/.emacs take precedence.) --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no