From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: single init file/directory for windows and linux using version control svn or cvs Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:58:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158803957 24185 80.91.229.2 (21 Sep 2006 01:59:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:59:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 21 03:59:16 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 1GQDqB-0004Ol-2b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:59:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GQDqA-0004HO-Lz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GQDpz-0004G7-KB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:58:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GQDpy-0004Fv-5y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GQDpy-0004Fs-1d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GQDtN-0001DG-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:02:21 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1GQDpw-0003K0-EY; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:58:48 -0400 Original-To: Patrick Drechsler In-reply-to: (message from Patrick Drechsler on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:09:10 +0200) 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:60044 Archived-At: This works fine with Linux, WindowsXP and Cygwin. Windows XP is an operating system, but Linux is just a part of one. Linux is the kernel that people use with the GNU system. If you call the system "Linux", that gives the system's principal developers none of the credit. Would you please give us equal mention by calling the system "GNU/Linux"? Can I put a directory ".emacs.d" including an init.el somewhere under Windows/Cygwin so that it will be recognized by a default Emacs installation (C:\.emacs.d\init.el is ignored when there is no C:\.emacs or C:\_emacs)? Emacs ought to recognize ~/.emacs.d/init.el, on any system, when it does not find .emacs. If this does not work on Windows, it is a bug. Could you confirm that that is what is happening to you? My Linux version is (from Ubuntu Dapper: Emacs Snapshot): Ubuntu is a version of the GNU/Linux system. See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html.