From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: User setup for emacs Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:09:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87o87w2r63.fsf@zoho.eu> References: <_hPghC52nCHcM9izGxvfRniNjSR9yqHZQKxdgMKY2lYzb9hZJMh-k6FrfNgjJc8lH1Xea5T4vT-A8ELuKhSufn0xNIUFL6DdF7q5Ct3f7-Y=@protonmail.com> <_zcW67yISWVgSo31DJJD8XANED8YEHvOKx8P3AHo1uKU994xCKtwfNNLcPXwhDcDWuARC2QXU1DNxOxbMzzii9ysGFDB5nbjf_4c5DuLQsI=@protonmail.com> <87mtnh3qt2.fsf@zoho.eu> <4VHDFRlLUNiQxaF-XiWhcg7mxb6UTNcw1R3TOYKk21-uogPjSuSp_g6UtpGszbHixYlJzsgLJojtIF8BG4pRbHeprzQihH6JK4AmKfAoFBw=@protonmail.com> <87a6jg51m4.fsf@zoho.eu> <875yu44ynk.fsf@zoho.eu> <87sfx82zqn.fsf@zoho.eu> Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8995"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:tPE4qKrv/BVlr6xtGbHMb7tj5eo= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 11 05:10:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mZlhu-0002Ax-L2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:10:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38414 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZlht-00028I-0m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:10:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35606) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZlhI-00027u-TP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:09:52 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:52078) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZlhG-0005zL-JD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:09:52 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mZlhE-0001JI-9I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:09:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133708 Archived-At: tolugboji wrote: >>> The problem I find is there is no guide on how to get >>> emacs to access the user customisation files. >>> Perhaps there could be an init file with the lines >>> commented out, and then one can add the paths etc to the >>> user customisation. >> >> But loading files in general and the Emacs init process is >> described in the Emacs and/or Elisp manuals ... If you >> don't like that, try the on-line help: C-h f load-file RET >> and so on. > > I was guided to some emacs wiki and read a good article by > Xah Lee, which helped. ? -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal