Re: ~/.emacs vs ~/.emacs.d/init.el.

[Perry Smith <pedz@easesoftware.com>]

Are you using emacs 27?

> On Dec 13, 2020, at 7:50 AM, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 6:09 PM Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 16:00, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> As far as the initialization file is concerned, which is more
>>> preferable,~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el?
>> 
>> If you are choosing between these two, ~/.emacs.d/init.el is
>> preferable. Because then you can put the whole .emacs.d into version
>> control separately from your home directory.
>> 
>> However keep in mind that Emacs 27 adds support for XDG-style
>> configuration directory, ~/.config/emacs/, which gives you the same
>> abilities as ~/.emacs.d with an added benefit of less clutter in your
>> home directory.
> 
> I've tried the following based on your above notes, but it seems that
> emacs doesn't pick up the initialization file located under
> ~/.config/emacs/ automatically.
> 
> $ mv .emacs.d/init.el ~/.config/emacs/
> 
> Any hints for this problem?
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> Theory and Simulation of Materials
> Hebei Polytechnic Vocational and Technical University
> NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China
>