From: Vagn Johansen <gonz808@hotmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Gnu emacs under Windows: .emacs and _emacs and savehist
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:58:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uhcobvvfu.fsf@hotmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pLudnauLePYieQnbnZ2dnUVZWhednZ2d@comcast.com
Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu> writes:
> Jason Rumney wrote:
>> .emacs is the
>> standard name for the init file....
>
> So why in the world to the emacs docs simply refer to the file as "init"
> throughout instead of saying ".emacs"??
Because there are other possible file names for the init file (see the docs).
.emacs is probably the most frequently used name ("standard").
>From the emacs 22.1 news file (C-h N)
* Startup Changes in Emacs 22.1
** Init file changes
If the init file ~/.emacs does not exist, Emacs will try
~/.emacs.d/init.el or ~/.emacs.d/init.elc. Likewise, if the shell init file
~/.emacs_SHELL is not found, Emacs will try ~/.emacs.d/init_SHELL.sh.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-11 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-11 4:04 Gnu emacs under Windows: .emacs and _emacs and savehist Murray Eisenberg
2007-07-11 8:54 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-07-11 11:29 ` Jason Rumney
2007-07-11 11:34 ` Jason Rumney
2007-07-11 14:10 ` Murray Eisenberg
2007-07-11 14:58 ` Vagn Johansen [this message]
2007-07-11 15:31 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-07-11 15:50 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
[not found] ` <mailman.3317.1184144075.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-07-11 14:08 ` Murray Eisenberg
2007-07-11 15:24 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.3344.1184167477.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-07-11 16:25 ` Murray Eisenberg
2007-07-11 17:16 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-07-11 18:48 ` Drew Adams
[not found] <mailman.3365.1184179766.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-07-12 16:52 ` Murray Eisenberg
2007-07-12 17:05 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-07-12 17:09 ` Drew Adams
[not found] <mailman.3405.1184260312.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-07-12 22:03 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-12 23:21 ` Drew Adams
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