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 17:39:19 +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> <834kwz72o5.fsf@gnu.org> 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="141987"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 13 17:43:00 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 1ir2mF-000IYE-0P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:41:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52780 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ir2mD-0005mY-OW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:41:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ir2kQ-0003QP-PP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:39:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ir2kM-0006uU-Si for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:39:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wm1-x335.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::335]:50446) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ir2kM-0006sG-Mr; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:39:22 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wm1-x335.google.com with SMTP id a5so10470174wmb.0; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:39:22 -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=Q7OcGFJeiuAgn0s0P/jyRlDnO/BGG0mOmCuqQer0DvY=; b=cqyn9/vMY1dsGPssS2RwBznIfEeCtR/xYJIb+HCSlzJceDYSjeWvim2NUQxISLsZ6f Ouf93rBvqBrptypkyBRITU7AVP11P3BD3iQ7PBUExieXBQeOXE6n9vo5T6Bo5qnjphGc 8bpgrsATLy0h7fYJJIRsWuCFyQ35mdaJYnYestOCQuxPYlrjnQTo8jJi6bgIiNRMpWk0 Lm8qk4ccWje7QvRlfOaP+WoXorGQlmSH9T1WyEf2tKQDlSg81Ax2QdoZihcb0rABw7aU coWl92NqZj+rs/zItKf4lKB6B6lYgLQP4JrSqtRi4/zfEDb/v09ZCMHygSx4XnB5HPQ4 4jPg== 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=Q7OcGFJeiuAgn0s0P/jyRlDnO/BGG0mOmCuqQer0DvY=; b=gJkM9JZwB8EuRZw7MS1Xdzw7EqODYeNtJxsbjlYuAIg9GJMK034jwk9TY3IKMO15Rr mGMCcZ0ZsI+LJbEyhxEKga/LJcjhZRmpzsrLXdHVXa9Fs92ZELafOcRV5XTMDErT7mp9 lzAItf5jp5d4pqbQ3yATmn5WtE117GEvZofjm1/9WspmEaupxOX11/z7pTa/VFrwm4fe vJR7/aZKDAFgDyNDMqbDGCADlAfkhYWNUJwpzJm3aIAKub3cV1XoyJ/N0oStmx4Coni1 cS9pmb8+PYUjFAyWk8zvb4ISAJRqfjBCvYsQXe1uerg42wFvOc3jPkan/f3sZcFwwPDM OHPw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUl5+BhlQXZZQ04t8LU1+8W7nHZp7vJp4jWPJVM6tx2Lm9GCzT7 5m0IH4L2MJk+Ctg1zf6JVlZVX/fG X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzzA109s0wOhPyiMpkBPzv8eocZly9GxDb5vFxX0/BEu0ADOjfz87ZDFdM2RbPeOFkO4kB+nQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:cc11:: with SMTP id h17mr22113396wmb.19.1578933561339; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:39:21 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from rpluim-mac ([149.5.228.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k13sm15619804wrx.59.2020.01.13.08.39.20 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:39:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <834kwz72o5.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:15:54 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::335 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:244229 Archived-At: >>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:15:54 +0200, Eli Zaretskii said: >> +++ >> ** Emacs can now use the XDG convention for init files. >> For example, it can look for init.el in "~/.config/emacs/init.el", a= nd >> similarly for other init files. Eli> I would remove the last sentence, as "for example" should IMO be a= fter Eli> the more general description. OK. >> The 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' environment variable (which defaults to "~/.co= nfig") >> specifies the parent directory of these and other configuration file= s. Eli> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^= ^^^^^ Eli> And change here to say "directory of init.el and other configurati= on Eli> files". Hmm, I did that, and found the result not as clear as it could be. I=CA=BCll do some more wordsmithing. Eli> Btw, the "+++" before the NEWS entry means we have this documented= in Eli> the manuals, but I wonder whether the current text there is in sync Eli> with the code change we are about to install. No, it is definitely not aligned. Robert