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27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file

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Message #41 received at 49424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 49424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 19:12:03 +0100 (BST)

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On Wed, 7 Jul 2021, Robert Pluim wrote:

>    > Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk> writes:
>    >> The info page “49.4.4 How Emacs Finds Your Init File” says:
>    >>
>    >>> For brevity the rest of the Emacs documentation generally uses just
>    >>> the current default location ‘~/.emacs.d/init.el’ for the init file.
>    >>
>    >> However, this seems to be inaccurate: if I start Emacs as a new user
>    >> and make a customisation, that customisation is written to ~/.emacs.
>
> Yes, we should change that to say '~/.emacs'

Here’s a patch to do that.

-- 
Peter Oliver

[0001-Document-init-file-with-the-highest-precedence-as-.e.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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