From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Rudolf Schlatte <rudi@constantly.at>
Cc: 49424@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:10:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8beb77j.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m21r8az7kx.fsf@constantly.at> (Rudolf Schlatte's message of "Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:28:30 +0200")
>>>>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:28:30 +0200, Rudolf Schlatte <rudi@constantly.at> said:
Rudolf> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>> Emacs will prefer the XDG path if it exists and .emacs.d/init.el and
>> .emacs donʼt. Similarly Emacs will prefer .emacs.d/init.el if it
>> exists and .emacs doesnʼt.
Rudolf> I wonder if it would make sense to warn during startup if more than one
Rudolf> of these files exist, something like: "Warning: multiple init files
Rudolf> detected. Using ~/.emacs as init file, ignoring ~/.emacs.d/init.el"
A warning prominent enough for people to notice would also be annoying
enough that people would complain about us changing the status quo out
from under them. The best we could do is putting something in
*Messages*, I suspect
Robert
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-05 22:56 bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file Peter Oliver
2021-07-06 15:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-07 9:17 ` Robert Pluim
2021-07-07 11:28 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2021-07-07 13:10 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2021-07-07 16:33 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2021-07-07 12:24 ` Phil Sainty
2021-07-07 13:08 ` Robert Pluim
2021-07-07 14:11 ` Stephen Berman
2021-07-07 14:40 ` Robert Pluim
2021-07-07 16:21 ` Stephen Berman
2021-07-08 1:06 ` Phil Sainty
2021-07-07 17:58 ` Peter Oliver
2021-07-08 1:17 ` Phil Sainty
2021-07-08 7:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-08 8:30 ` Robert Pluim
2021-07-08 9:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-07 18:12 ` Peter Oliver
2021-07-07 18:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-07 19:08 ` Peter Oliver
2021-07-07 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-07 21:51 ` Peter Oliver
2021-07-08 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-08 8:40 ` Robert Pluim
2021-07-08 9:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-08 18:22 ` Peter Oliver
2021-07-08 19:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-24 8:12 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-24 13:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-24 14:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-24 14:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-24 14:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-24 14:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-24 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-24 21:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-24 14:25 ` Robert Pluim
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