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: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 49424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 20:08:20 +0100 (BST)
On Wed, 7 Jul 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

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

>>    For brevity the rest of the Emacs documentation generally uses just
>> -the current default location @file{~/.emacs.d/init.el} for the
>> +the current default location @file{~/.emacs} for the
>>  init file.
>
> Thanks, but this is still inaccurate.  Can we please change the
> documentation so that it tells the whole story?

What do we think is wrong or missing?  In the context of the rest of that page, I admit it looks okay to me.

-- 
Peter Oliver




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