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29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file elsewhere

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: spd <at> toadstyle.org, 72294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72294: 29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file elsewhere
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:00:22 +0200

>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:34:07 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
    >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  72294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
    >> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:15:01 +0200
    >> 
    >> >>>>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:59:45 -0400, Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org> said:
    >> 
    >> The emacs info file says
    >> 
    >> ‘--init-directory’
    >> Specify the directory to use when looking for the Emacs init files.
    >> 
    >> and '.emacs' is an Emacs init file, so I guess the confusion is
    >> understandable. Maybe we should add "(except '.emacs')" to that
    >> statement.

    Eli> That would be inaccurate, AFAIU.  If the .emacs file is there, it will
    Eli> be used from that directory.

Thatʼs not what I observe:

~/.emacs:

        (message "Home dir")

/tmp/emacs-30/.emacs:

        (message "Temp dir")

src/emacs --init-directory=/tmp/emacs-30

=> *Messages* contains "Home dir"

So it looks like this option only affects `user-emacs-directory'.

I agree it would be less confusing if it used the ".emacs" in
"/tmp/emacs-30", but I think the ship has sailed on that one.

Robert
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