From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master 10a31c6a29: Prefer saying "init file" to ".emacs" in FAQ Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:39:52 +0300 Message-ID: <83zgft6fav.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22046"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 24 14:09:25 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1oQpCG-0005aq-Aq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:09:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38888 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQpCF-00083S-6F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:09:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52534) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQojd-0004UM-1b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:39:50 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59398) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQojb-0004K4-Ct; Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:39:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Subject:To:From:Date:mime-version:in-reply-to: references; bh=Io7Dfb3emmBOH5pDmijm8Tz4mRdZLPbE7Ncxc5fmKVk=; b=K2kee8ub490ITJ feHCKgU++nmEBqyFFbQcejtsrLuoGRLM0ul/Ezpei6C+IwMd6UWj7uZwX6hTUNv3z3bh0EIDaHiYW 00W7xcIwWv+AXDB8+um51bUdDa4qK94/abEdIxId/AKggnglobbbTJn81mS0x5HbzifZa8bLZQitj xFxZMqmIm9F4Hafaz1iFh3gAZQFdCbCu4M6rTEKEgFCkB2kj4h6/HLgWojfDkR9wh4I6vChYMOrJt 7j44uC4BCHvRlBmLQcOqLKUHaB8V3RFhTgwqEyv1iye8SZRmzj/qqGMCchXvleThlk9zuWaJzt/YN DLKIash9ObVGjRblKsIw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1361 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oQojY-0007QJ-Os; Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:39:45 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:293984 Archived-At: > branch: master > commit 10a31c6a29ec08b76cd079470979e87704af3858 > Author: Stefan Kangas > Commit: Stefan Kangas > > Prefer saying "init file" to ".emacs" in FAQ > > * doc/misc/efaq.texi: Prefer saying "init file" to > ".emacs". (Bug#49424) It is not a good idea to replace '.emacs' with "init file", when the latter is not explained anywhere in the FAQ. This is a FAQ, which assumes a very confused reader, so relying on their knowledge in this matter is not recommended. If you want to make such a change, please add a section about what is an init file and how Emacs looks for it, and add a cross-reference to there whenever "init file" is mentioned. It could be that a cross-reference to "Setting up a customization file" is enough, although that section is about something else, and this question is only answered there at the end (and the text in that last part is nowadays outdated). Thanks.