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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:23:05 +0000 |
Index: emacs/man/custom.texi
diff -u emacs/man/custom.texi:1.105 emacs/man/custom.texi:1.106
--- emacs/man/custom.texi:1.105 Mon Jan 23 01:30:13 2006
+++ emacs/man/custom.texi Fri Feb 3 11:23:05 2006
@@ -2029,8 +2029,9 @@
@cindex startup (init file)
When Emacs is started, it normally loads a Lisp program from the
-file @file{.emacs} or @file{.emacs.el} in your home directory. We
-call this file your @dfn{init file} because it specifies how to
+file @file{.emacs} or @file{.emacs.el} in your home directory
+(see @ref{General Variables, HOME} if you don't know where that is).
+We call this file your @dfn{init file} because it specifies how to
initialize Emacs for you. You can use the command line switch
@samp{-q} to prevent loading your init file, and @samp{-u} (or
@samp{--user}) to specify a different user's init file (@pxref{Initial
@@ -2442,11 +2443,12 @@
@node Find Init
@subsection How Emacs Finds Your Init File
- Normally Emacs uses the environment variable @env{HOME} to find
address@hidden; that's what @samp{~} means in a file name. If
address@hidden is not found inside @file{~/} (nor @file{.emacs.el}),
-Emacs looks for @file{~/.emacs.d/init.el} (which, like
address@hidden/.emacs.el}, can be byte-compiled).
+ Normally Emacs uses the environment variable @env{HOME}
+(@pxref{General Variables, HOME}) to find @file{.emacs}; that's what
address@hidden means in a file name. If @file{.emacs} is not found inside
address@hidden/} (nor @file{.emacs.el}), Emacs looks for
address@hidden/.emacs.d/init.el} (which, like @file{~/.emacs.el}, can be
+byte-compiled).
However, if you run Emacs from a shell started by @code{su}, Emacs
tries to find your own @file{.emacs}, not that of the user you are
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2006/02/05
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi, Richard M. Stallman, 2006/02/07
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi, Luc Teirlinck, 2006/02/07
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi, Chong Yidong, 2006/02/13
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi, Chong Yidong, 2006/02/14
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/custom.texi, Richard M. Stallman, 2006/02/14