From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Fwd: Location of .emacs file under `su` and `su -`?] Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:38 -0400 Message-ID: <871wr7jtkh.fsf@furball.mit.edu> References: <44EAF4A8.9030708@student.lu.se> <874pw4u7dj.fsf@furball.mit.edu> <877j10d2zd.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156351187 32767 80.91.229.2 (23 Aug 2006 16:39:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:39:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 23 18:39:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvl5-0001B2-5T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:39:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvl4-0000UI-Ge for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:39:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvkp-0000TI-DM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFvko-0000Se-Ss for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [18.72.1.2] (helo=south-station-annex.mit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GFvsg-0000QZ-PU; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:47:06 -0400 Original-Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k7NGcvBq011399; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:57 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k7NGcowb028052; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from furball.mit.edu (SYDNEYPACIFIC-THREE-NINETY-NINE.MIT.EDU [18.95.6.144]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id k7NGcbEV027834; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:37 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from cyd by furball.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GFvkU-0001lP-00; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:38 -0400 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:06:44 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: 1.217 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:58777 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > What should we do? Would it suffice to update the Emacs manual to say > that the init file is looked for in the home directory of $USER > instead of $HOME? > > If you think the manual needs clarification, you're probably right. > However, isn't the node Find Init clear enough? > > Perhaps the problem is that the node Init File makes a blanket statement > about using HOME, which in fact is true only in the usual case. > So that part could use rewriting. > > Would you like to try it? I removed the blanket statement, and added an xref to Find Init.