From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: if both .emacs and .emacs.elc,which one emacs load? Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 20:35:29 +0300 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3405-Sat24May2003203528+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <1xyoi93s.fsf@tu202155.tsinghua.edu.cn> <200305240834.23296.nfreimann@firemail.de> <7704-Sat24May2003132743+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <200305241300.08778.nfreimann@firemail.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053797790 17182 80.91.224.249 (24 May 2003 17:36:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 17:36:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 24 19:36:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19JcwX-0004Sm-00 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:36:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Jcvp-0004BD-QI for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:35:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19JcvM-0003M8-1v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:35:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Jcum-0001ta-IN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:34:41 -0400 Original-Received: from gandalf.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19JcuM-0000c5-Fz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:34:15 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretsky (cable-129-169.inter.net.il [213.8.129.169]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.3-GR) with ESMTP id ARM30783; Sat, 24 May 2003 20:33:56 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <200305241300.08778.nfreimann@firemail.de> (message from Niels Freimann on Sat, 24 May 2003 13:00:08 +0200) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10154 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10154 > From: Niels Freimann > Reply-To: nfreimann@firemail.de > Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 13:00:08 +0200 > > ... however it works on: > -linux > -cygwin (windows) > -native windows > no matter its a tty or x11 (motif,gtk2) The Windows port allows the init file to be called _emacs; some Windows users think (incorrectly) that file names with leading dots are not allowed. Your code will fail for such users. Is it so hard to make an allowance for "_emacs" that you are so motivated to reject my suggestion?