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From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:53:58 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <djr0nb$cu1$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1EUyuf-0007TP-T9@fencepost.gnu.org>

Richard M. Stallman wrote:
>     BTW, the name "~/.emacs.d/emacs" (with or without a dot) seems rather
>     weird, and gives me little clue what the file actualy is for.  Is it
>     an init file, like ~/.emacs?  If so, something like
>     "~/.emacs.d/init.el" would be a great deal more clear...
> 
> That is a good point.

I've always wondered where the "~/.emacs.d" directory name comes from.

Wouldn't (convert-standard-filename "~/.emacs_savehist") be more
obvious?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

  reply	other threads:[~2005-10-27 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-24 15:58 Use .emacs.d in savehist.el Stefan Monnier
2005-10-24 21:22 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-10-25 20:27   ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-25  9:30 ` Hrvoje Niksic
2005-10-25 14:30   ` David Kastrup
2005-10-25 14:51   ` Stefan Monnier
2005-10-25 19:13     ` Hrvoje Niksic
     [not found] ` <87oe5e977f.fsf@mahaena.lrde>
2005-10-25  9:59   ` Michael Cadilhac
2005-10-25 14:54     ` Stefan Monnier
2005-10-26 16:46       ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-26 23:28         ` Miles Bader
2005-10-27  3:58           ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-27 16:53             ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2005-10-28 16:19               ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-28 20:16                 ` Miles Bader
2005-10-29  5:12                   ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-29 17:31                     ` Kim F. Storm
2005-10-30  0:03                       ` Miles Bader
2005-10-29  3:51             ` Chong Yidong
2005-10-29 20:33               ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-30  4:00                 ` Chong Yidong
2005-10-30  4:30                   ` Miles Bader
2005-10-30 13:59                     ` Chong Yidong
2005-10-31  1:14                       ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-31  2:29                         ` Chong Yidong
2005-11-01  2:14                           ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-01  3:43                             ` Chong Yidong
2005-11-01  5:12                               ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-01 12:54                                 ` Chong Yidong
2005-11-02 10:27                                   ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-02 15:54                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-02 10:26                                 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-02 10:26                               ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-27  9:16         ` Kim F. Storm
2005-10-30  4:07       ` Chong Yidong
2005-10-25 15:58 ` Richard M. Stallman

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