From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default emacs init file location confusion Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:37:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: <834kx7cgmh.fsf@gnu.org> <87tv56bjop.fsf@gmail.com> <539DBEA2-E758-4CB0-B886-F908CF0525B6@gnu.org> <83pnfuaqj3.fsf@gnu.org> <83imllc3iq.fsf@gnu.org> <87eew9q4rt.fsf@windriver.com> <83tv538d0q.fsf@gnu.org> <7f532a3b-a812-3088-936c-e15a35b58654@cs.ucla.edu> <874kwz1in5.fsf@yandex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="253922"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Paul Eggert , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Colin Baxter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 13 16:40:23 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.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 1ir1mr-000qEn-G7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:37:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51978 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ir1mq-0003ct-97 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:37:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33276) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ir1m8-0002kK-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:37:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ir1m7-00088Z-9d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:37:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wr1-x441.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::441]:45460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ir1m7-00086v-3m; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:37:07 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wr1-x441.google.com with SMTP id j42so9013745wrj.12; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 07:37:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nmqXMByCCAr+8/3T/10JU/3wkJsxhxkQIhh9ipvDwVM=; b=OP+k5vk5TyjrdhDWPM2QjbNHDyX2eWoiDuNEXW1G3CPWzkvoR2GEk4gcAhmbiwJ3hW iSdjZyKu7zvS+ttlIilMLA4tTpnJ5YkDMFmotw8zx43wydRyvLUd6bPg7U0qVweim5yw TDDcCq2QxeJqgyg0FNSjk/7SG82ssPuVXnDhy14WJi6tR3xgphBY+ZnU+0pyvChl1QVu 6+Fdf4SHhG0dBb7O3quekddiTZxGJjkVKKDX6BSfDAoNSGmPB+1cCcuiZf1yxOpzdINK XmRibaPhHG9h/inMfmgaXlW/GJ/AlWumQM3Aa0PeFKxUahsB575mpYvVHx8DoLnJQPFm VFSA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nmqXMByCCAr+8/3T/10JU/3wkJsxhxkQIhh9ipvDwVM=; b=jlHzhfKqhW8tlqbQJJD3TmBQFxRi24d79t6QqlkBMmhU5Oj9SFq2l8Sj/LhZbgxBvz s5J7nqLFXpSZjuXd3AGFcjb9IF+eFV7FiqsD1/ifdGpYH2AYYWUIOg3wHRRquyISP8fx 9gvt0G9XnBg9Rmeu9I3rFQjypLdRXrnSQTjqMuAtUuZaqcODYOtRqnu/RPrUtXS/4Ioa /JhX3GFkcNWNt1KfZsrDBU1s+eHASiWNhoRx8poGAfZmdnFfuKE6/GsKzRcBWnJcvFWq np2Yl02gth5wFHvgo7u8X07RdsBVyvnTFiSGdnZHYDSPwZbFy19irJFvXniOmlvjZger 1YTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU8FVn3ivVxjQX9aHEYggdTB4iDg9d1e1/69lQgwl39/2ONeXLS MCANj2x2SGxW8oyISSWGv6eZ36tcjnk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxp/2QdpzqMR7E4Y1WJIqHKOyuhN/tzV4ekoXoKzIoCC73PDp6BgNgdBGPOAWZUHKCK1qKCRw== X-Received: by 2002:adf:f850:: with SMTP id d16mr19674536wrq.161.1578929825317; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 07:37:05 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from rpluim-mac ([149.5.228.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x14sm14447818wmj.42.2020.01.13.07.37.04 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 13 Jan 2020 07:37:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <874kwz1in5.fsf@yandex.com> (Colin Baxter's message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:27:26 +0000") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::441 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:244223 Archived-At: >>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:27:26 +0000, Colin Baxter = said: >>>>> Robert Pluim writes: >>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:53:47 +0100, Robert Pluim s= aid: Robert> This requires an etc/NEWS update as well. >> Comments definitely welcome. Any hint of possible ambiguity is to >> be ruthlessly eliminated. >> +++ ** Emacs can now use the XDG convention for init files. For >> example, it can look for init.el in "~/.config/emacs/init.el", and >> similarly for other init files. Colin> For those emacs users who are not computer science graduates, co= uld Colin> something be included in NEWS, say a URL link, to explain *brief= ly* this Colin> XDG convention? I don=CA=BCt know about brief, but there=CA=BCs Robert