Re: [PATCH] Implement XDG Base Directory specification for user-emacs-directory

["Elias Mårtenson" <lokedhs@gmail.com>]

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Hello Eli,

I am sorry for the confusion caused. I was reading it on the phone, and due
to the way the lines were broken up, I didn't notice that some of the lines
were prefixed with a minus, indicating that they were removed.

Please ignore my comment.

Regards,
Elias

On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 10:36, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Elias Mårtenson <lokedhs@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:00:12 +0800
> > Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> >
> >  > From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> >  > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 11:46:31 -0700
> >  >
> >  > I'll give it a whirl. Proposed patch attached.
> >
> >  >    When Emacs is started, it normally tries to load a Lisp program
> from
> >  >  an @dfn{initialization file}, or @dfn{init file} for short.  This
> >  > -file, if it exists, specifies how to initialize Emacs for you.  Emacs
> >  > -looks for your init file using the filenames
> >  > -@file{~/.config/emacs},. @file{~/.emacs}, @file{~/.config/emacs.el},
> >  > -@file{~/.emacs.el}, @file{~/.config/emacs.d/init.el} or
> >  > -@file{~/.emacs.d/init.el}; you can choose to use any one of these
> >  > -names (@pxref{Find Init}).  Here, @file{~/} stands for your home
> >  > +file, if it exists, specifies how to initialize Emacs for you.
> >  > +If the directory @file{@var{xdghome}/.config/emacs} exists, Emacs
> uses
> >  > +@file{@var{xdghome}/.config/emacs/init.el} as the init file.  Here,
> >  > +@var{xdghome} stands for the value of the environment variable
> >  > +@env{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}, or for @file{~/.config} if
> >  > +@env{XDG_CONFIG_HOME} is unset; @file{~/} stands for your home
> >  >  directory.
> >
> > The above quote explains the meaning of the ~ symbol twice. Is that
> necessary, or is it the result of an
> > incorrect copy and paste?
>
> I admit that I don't see the duplication.  Can you point it out
> explicitly?
>

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