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bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:08:21 +0200 |
>>>>> On Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:24:22 +1200, Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>
>>>>> said:
Phil> On 2021-07-07 21:17, Robert Pluim wrote:
>> If nothing exists, Emacs will create ~/.emacs.d, and use ~/.emacs as
>> as the init file. We can change that to use ~/.emacs.d/init.el if we
>> want, people who already have init files will not be affected.
>> </bold prediction of there being no consequences>
Phil> I know of people who have ~/.emacs.d under version control (used on
Phil> multiple machines), and on some machines additionally have a ~/.emacs
Phil> file for config which is local to that particular machine. The .emacs
Phil> file simply loads the init.el file.
Thatʼs a different branch of the startup logic :-)
If we change things so that ~/.emacs.d/init.el is used only if there
is no .emacs, they would not be affected. I think this is already
the case, but I may be misremembering
Phil> There are other ways of achieving the same thing; but I thought this
Phil> one was quite a neat approach when I heard it.
Phil> In other words, FYI some people's configs are definitely reliant on
Phil> the current precedence order.
Phil> In any case, while the sequence *could* be changed for those two
Phil> files, I don't think there's any notable benefit to doing so? Even
Phil> ignoring cases like the one above, that change would undoubtedly
Phil> cause some confusion for no good reason.
Iʼm not proposing changing the sequence, only what happens in the case
where there are no init files at all. It would eliminate the 'why is
emacs creating .emacs.d but then not using it' confusion.
Robert
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- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/07/06
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file,
Robert Pluim <=
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- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/07