From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Elias_M=C3=A5rtenson?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default emacs init file location confusion Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 11:51:46 +0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a1e81a059b84b2f8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="128759"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: emacs-devel To: VanL Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 07 04:56:04 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iofyN-000XLg-CT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:56:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41872 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iofyK-0006Fv-A8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:56:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49427) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iofuS-0000ik-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:52:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iofuR-0000ZC-9W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:52:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-io1-xd2e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2e]:40146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iofuR-0000Yp-4k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:51:59 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-io1-xd2e.google.com with SMTP id x1so51144387iop.7 for ; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:51:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=BdRezhV0jx3jxUT0eVRA0hwkt7Rut5HAyHWWqlyak5E=; b=alUDEcqw5i+YssfSDpPC9PJAGDYpUp3PQ38+Hk+qW3u4sePfZQT1zWnO6rzPxSwdiQ fhqFOf9zMMAw7Z0ci2R6b8UA5/advcklCIRHD0D8IWzHfVYbbMt2g2FBDpNXlY1ES0VZ ql+Z4WSFw9g36rges+y9vr30dn/ygcbqMnZoGwziAVwwHIrpw6tEoS1vdo0bX/S+pjge ja5gesckpdBNl7pdKwc1Ry3Zs8gqDZ2jL8one9SmrbB80OMvVNUb+nrcT4Pb522tJ1qp Ex94xzxLwQkz+hn0hz40zDe7q4MY5CGdMAC+Q6/Zh9mW5vhMSrHH/5ZnqR4VdLzR1WqC NDXQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=BdRezhV0jx3jxUT0eVRA0hwkt7Rut5HAyHWWqlyak5E=; b=XO74+hd63/x1Pu8fUZyxX6KyoWRRmjznQJW28n/GrsxPhVnaXkCHs85kVpgcTKPHqc FzJLGLEf9ZPONWTgsFbgxwP04l/UP0epZRUDWyza0l9lBGHxLiMG8+dRyxJp/ObHEaZY T3eBfguf50kpesLd2zBp+PzJ+H6M/Q+FgndoOvINpnAPlvc/yMjlMc0+yPazSa/vB4t9 rIsl8jWC96a5zGgU9LoUFgC9Rvlh2X4dZMBMG/Iq5wKtsAm9x07SJOgjZWckrYL8AkxR 0yHNDwEojshm5Kax73Fg9YLj7wvF0seXpILh1x1w5pIUBT+fFrraXO2TuAQAI4jHCr07 folQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUHMx3rwVFi3sFAv0749sMCvuxQJi+ebBABCoXMx4WNSLfpGbOD gvhUdojOYhEZh0zaGzi5GLIPspoIa5KhXyP9yXdk1sE0 X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwvFkLoAs8igFCsNr9oG8n4czuG65gDDEGEKsyoInuePjt+9QJIwzVlWsShku3Xyqs1zwadVVRuYiach+a8a7k= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:9c12:: with SMTP id 18mr69840626ioe.211.1578369118495; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:51:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:244053 Archived-At: --000000000000a1e81a059b84b2f8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 11:50, VanL wrote: > Elias M=C3=A5rtenson writes: > > > After checking all the obvious things, I remembered seeing something > about supporting the > > XDG standards, and because of this I found a directory > $HOME/.config/emacs. This directoriy > > contained a single file whose name I cannot remember. As far as I can > rceall, this file was > > empty. I deleted this directory and restarted Emacs. At this point my > init file was loaded > > correctly. > > The confusion is gone after readin the NEWS outline file. > I didn't have to read it. I knew about this behaviour. I'm talking about regular users of Emacs, most of which have never heard about the NEWS file, nor would they be reading it even if they knew about it. Regards, Elias --000000000000a1e81a059b84b2f8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 11:50, VanL <van= @scratch.space> wrote:
Elias M=C3=A5rtenson <lokedhs@gmail.com> writes:=

> After checking all the obvious things, I remembered seeing something a= bout supporting the
> XDG standards, and because of this I found a directory $HOME/.config/e= macs. This directoriy
> contained a single file whose name I cannot remember. As far as I can = rceall, this file was
> empty. I deleted this directory and restarted Emacs. At this point my = init file was loaded
> correctly.

The confusion is gone after readin the NEWS outline file.
<= div>
I didn't have to read it. I knew about this behaviou= r. I'm talking about regular users of Emacs, most of which have never h= eard about the NEWS file, nor would they be reading it even if they knew ab= out it.

Regards,
Elias
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