GNU bug report logs - #8221
24.0.50; Allowed names for the init file. Windows/POSIX inconsistence.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmoncayo <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#8221: 24.0.50; Allowed names for the init file. Windows/POSIX inconsistency
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:26:09 +0200

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:49:58 +0100
> Cc: 8221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 00:35, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> The alternatives are documented on "53.6 The Init File, `~/.emacs'";
> there's no need to duplicate it on "G.5 HOME and Startup Directories
> on MS-Windows".

Right.  So I added a cross-reference there in the G.5 section.

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