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27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk, 49424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:22:35 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>,  larsi <at> gnus.org,
>   49424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:40:39 +0200
> 
>     Eli> The 2nd one is not what that sentence says.
> 
>     Eli> If the 1st one is incorrect, it should be fixed to reflect the truth.
>     Eli> But that has nothing to do with the rest of this discussion, which is
>     Eli> about the actual method and order Emacs uses to find the init file(s).
> 
> FWIW I agree with Peter's interpretation here. We could avoid the
> whole argument by deleting the whole sentence, since its information
> content is low anyway.

Deleting that would be a step back, since it was added for a reason,
see the discussions about that.  Specifically, we don't want to repeat
the whole long description of how and where does Emacs find the init
file every time we mention the init file.

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