Re: [Emacs-diffs] master d68ed15: Implement and document XDG-style startup files under ~/.config.

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> -;;; startup.el --- process Emacs shell arguments  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
> +;; startup.el --- process Emacs shell arguments  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

This is an error, it should be 3 semi-colons.

> +(defun find-init-path (fn)
> +  "Look in ~/.config/FOO or ~/.FOO for the dotfile or dot directory FOO.
> +It is expected that the output will undergo ~ expansion.  Implements the
> +XDG convention for dotfiles."
> +  (let* ((xdg-path (concat "~" init-file-user "/.config/" fn))
> +        (oldstyle-path (concat "~" init-file-user "/." fn))
> +        (found-path (if (file-exists-p xdg-path) xdg-path oldstyle-path)))
> +    found-path))

AFAICT this is only used during startup and hence shouldn't have such
an "official sounding" name.  It could/should use a "startup--" prefix,
for example.

Furthermore it shouldn't say "path" but "filename" to follow our
naming convention.


        Stefan