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24.0.50; Allowed names for the init file. Windows/POSIX inconsistence.

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8221: 24.0.50;
	Allowed names for the init file. Windows/POSIX inconsistency
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:35:54 +0100

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 23:59, Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So, the question is, why this inconsistence? i.e., why not accept on
>> Windows the same alternatives for the name of the init file as on
>> POSIX systems?
>
> We do.
>

On one hand, it doesn't seem to be the documented behavior in the node
"Windows HOME" of the manual. It refers to the init file as `.emacs',
and says nothing about possible alternatives.

On the other hand, and according to the same info node, C:\ is checked
as one possible "home" directory. Thus, init files such as
"C:\.emacs.el" or "C:\.emacs.d\init.el" should be valid ones. But I've
just tested those two and Emacs don't find them.

-- 
Dani Moncayo

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