GNU bug report logs - #49424
27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 22:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.2

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>, 49424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 07:56:50 -0700

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> But what about changing all the .emacs instances to ~/.emacs.d/init.el,
> which is what we're trying to encourage, I think?  (Even if we let
> ~/.emacs.el and ~/.emacs take precedence.)

I started this, we have 500+ instances to look over in doc/...

Do we want the full path to the file every time?  That's arguably a bit
better.
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