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bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file
From: |
Rudolf Schlatte |
Subject: |
bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:33:31 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (darwin) |
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:28:30 +0200, Rudolf Schlatte <rudi@constantly.at>
>>>>>> said:
>
> Rudolf> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> Emacs will prefer the XDG path if it exists and .emacs.d/init.el and
> >> .emacs donʼt. Similarly Emacs will prefer .emacs.d/init.el if it
> >> exists and .emacs doesnʼt.
>
> Rudolf> I wonder if it would make sense to warn during startup if more
> than one
> Rudolf> of these files exist, something like: "Warning: multiple init
> files
> Rudolf> detected. Using ~/.emacs as init file, ignoring
> ~/.emacs.d/init.el"
>
> A warning prominent enough for people to notice would also be annoying
> enough that people would complain about us changing the status quo out
> from under them. The best we could do is putting something in
> *Messages*, I suspect
A line in *Messages* was what I was thinking of, yes. Maybe conditional
on a variable in case it turns out annoying for people who have shadowed
init files on purpose and want to keep their *Messages* buffer clean.
Or maybe a command `list-init-file-shadows' analogous to the existing
`list-load-path-shadows'.
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/05
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/07/06
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Stephen Berman, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Stephen Berman, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Peter Oliver, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Phil Sainty, 2021/07/07
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/08
- bug#49424: 27.2; Misdocumented default initialisation file, Robert Pluim, 2021/07/08