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

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

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,
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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