From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:11:38 +0200 Message-ID: <87bl7fscid.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40350"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 49424@debbugs.gnu.org To: Peter Oliver Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 06 17:34:43 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1m0n5u-000AIg-OK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:34:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52758 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0n5t-0007Nw-Ot for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:34:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0mjy-0008Sj-Ou for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38187) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0mjy-0001nP-GA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m0mjx-00016n-Qv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:12:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49424 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 49424-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49424.16255843124243 (code B ref 49424); Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49424) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jul 2021 15:11:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49732 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m0mjo-00016N-Bu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:11:52 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:41358) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m0mjj-000164-Ci for 49424@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:11:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=KqEQrJZxMKkh4ToZvE4aoZyF8JYRR81/+QbHUWgtGAc=; b=Jyp/zWPS+BrPAv+ljCFEAw9cFx ISCOIliFCS6ZlbEODoqOUtQfC/g8wTe0C0I4LEd4luFzVH8hcBMhg7MBK7CVzgUNghkXbFHFmsbmE yovLO0P/Dfmu+aWDuiCGsyoc9jtVqQlSPeJsURVNRFa1Yac5J2/qd00/kNal+xW8OJY0=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m0mja-0002Jv-Li; Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:11:41 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Black Midi's _Live on Canal St, NYC_: "Live on Canal St, NYC" In-Reply-To: (Peter Oliver's message of "Mon, 05 Jul 2021 23:56:50 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:209536 Archived-At: Peter Oliver writes: > The info page =E2=80=9C49.4.4 How Emacs Finds Your Init File=E2=80=9D say= s: > >> For brevity the rest of the Emacs documentation generally uses just >> the current default location =E2=80=98~/.emacs.d/init.el=E2=80=99 for th= e init file. > > However, this seems to be inaccurate: if I start Emacs as a new user > and make a customisation, that customisation is written to ~/.emacs. That is indeed the case still in Emacs 28 -- I thought we'd changed that to prefer either XDG paths or ~/.emacs.d/init.el when there's no previous init file? --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no