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28.0.50; dot-emacs init-file not loaded

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39132: 28.0.50; dot-emacs init-file not loaded
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:36:58 +0100

Am 14.01.20 um 15:20 schrieb Robert Pluim:
>>>>>> On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:04:38 +0100, Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> said:
>      Andreas> Emacs seems not to know "~/.emacs" file anymore. echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
>      Andreas> reports it empty.
>
> If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty, then emacs defaults to
> ~/.config/emacs (and currently will create it, although that is soon
> to change).
>
>      Andreas> While reading in NEWS
>
>      Andreas> Emacs will still look for init files in their traditional locations if
>      Andreas> "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/emacs" does not exist, but "~/.emacs.d" or
>      Andreas> "~/.emacs" does exist, so invoking Emacs with XDG_CONFIG_HOME='/nowhere'
>      Andreas> might be useful if your new-location init files are scrambled, or if
>      Andreas> you want to force Emacs to ignore files under 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' for
>      Andreas> some other reason.
>
> Does ~/.config/emacs exist?
>
> Robert


No, doesn't exist. Just ~/.config with a plenty of other stuff.

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