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

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On 2020-12-13 at 22:38:08 +0800,
Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 9:59 PM <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-12-13 at 21:50:37 +0800,
> > 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?
> >
> > Try removing or renaming ~/.emacs.d, the existence of which might be
> > fooling emacs into *not* searching for ~/.config/emacs.  For reference,
> > see:
> >
> >     https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Find-Init.html
> >
> 
> Currently, the ~/.emacs.d directory is used by emacs to store many of
> the user data as shown below:
> 
> $ ls ~/.emacs.d/
> auto-save-list  cnfonts  eaf  elpa  init.el  network-security.data  rime  url
> 
> So, if I removed/deleted this folder, then where should I put the
> emacs' user data?

Presumably, ~/.config/emacs is an alternative to ~/.emacs.d, so you
would move all of that user data from ~/.emacs.d to ~/.config/emacs.
The net result would have been the same if you had renamed ~/.emacs.d to
~/.config/emacs instead of separating the init file from the other user
data.