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From: | Phil Sainty |
Subject: | bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file |
Date: | Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:24:22 +1200 |
User-agent: | Orcon Webmail |
On 2021-07-07 21:17, Robert Pluim wrote:
If nothing exists, Emacs will create ~/.emacs.d, and use ~/.emacs as as the init file. We can change that to use ~/.emacs.d/init.el if we want, people who already have init files will not be affected. </bold prediction of there being no consequences>
I know of people who have ~/.emacs.d under version control (used on multiple machines), and on some machines additionally have a ~/.emacs file for config which is local to that particular machine. The .emacs file simply loads the init.el file. There are other ways of achieving the same thing; but I thought this one was quite a neat approach when I heard it. In other words, FYI some people's configs are definitely reliant on the current precedence order. In any case, while the sequence *could* be changed for those two files, I don't think there's any notable benefit to doing so? Even ignoring cases like the one above, that change would undoubtedly cause some confusion for no good reason. -Phil
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