Re: Default emacs init file location confusion

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:58:03 +0000, Colin Baxter <address@hidden> said:

>>>>> Robert Pluim <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:27:26 +0000, Colin Baxter <address@hidden> said:
>>>>> Robert Pluim <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:53:47 +0100, Robert Pluim <address@hidden> said:
    Robert> This requires an etc/NEWS update as well.

    >>>> Comments definitely welcome. Any hint of possible ambiguity is
    >>>> to be ruthlessly eliminated.

    >>>> +++ ** Emacs can now use the XDG convention for init files.  For
    >>>> example, it can look for init.el in "~/.config/emacs/init.el",
    >>>> and similarly for other init files.

    Colin> For those emacs users who are not computer science graduates,
    Colin> could something be included in NEWS, say a URL link, to
    Colin> explain *briefly* this XDG convention?

    >> I donʼt know about brief, but thereʼs
    >> 
<https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>

    Colin> Yes, I've seen that url before. I was thinking more along the lines 
of few
    Colin> words on why it's necessary now for emacs to adopt the convention - 
it
    Colin> is after all only a convention. However, I don't want to re-start the
    Colin> ~/.emacs.d versus ~/.config/emacs argument!

Weʼre not adopting the convention, weʼre allowing users to take
advantage of it if they wish. I guess we could say that in NEWS, but I
fear it would be a bit tautological: "If you want to use the XDG
conventions, put your files in the XDG location"

Robert.