Re: [Emacs-diffs] master d68ed15: Implement and document XDG-style startup files under ~/.config.

[Amin Bandali]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>   - ~/.emacs -> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/emacsrc
>>   - ~/.emacs.el -> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/emacs.el
>>   - ~/.emacs.d/init.el -> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/init.el
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> The first two don't make sense: those who use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/
> should just use init.el.  There's no need for some kind of backward
> compatibility here.
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Thinking more about this, I agree.  It makes much more sense to only
look for init.el inside $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs/ since we’ll already have
a directory structure to organize things (including the init file) in,
and there’s no need to look for the first two cases for the new location
anymore.

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>         Stefan
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Best,
amin