Re: emacs settings priority

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: crstml@libero.it
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 09:17:38 +0200
> 
> Hello all
> 
> I have some issues when I want to set the fonts in emacs and I
> think that they are related to the priority of the various means
> (X resource, command line, init file) used for that.
> 
> I've tried without success to find in the manual information
> about these priorities/precedences.
> 
> Is it possible to know how emacs decides what font is used when the
> same font is specified in more places: X resource, command line,
> init file?

Why is it important to know?  Users aren't supposed to specify
contradictory setting via several different means of doing so.

Anyway, some information about this can be found in "Startup Summary"
node of the ELisp reference manual, which describes the order in which
the various stages of the initialization happen.

> But the question can also be generalized to other properties not
> only for fonts.

There's no generalized answer.