Re: Where is .emacs in Linux?

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote :

| > From: Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net>
| > Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 20:49:22 +0200
| > 
| > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote :
| > 
| > | And don't forget to save it (C-x C-s) after editing, and then restart
| > | Emacs for the new/changed settings to take effect.
| > 
| > Restart emacs?
| > 
| > Why not just let emacs evaluate the file?
>
| Evaluating .emacs will work for simple customizations of options not
| related to display, but will not work in general.  That's because
| Emacs loads .emacs early in its startup sequence, and then continues
| the startup sequence using the customizations found on .emacs.  In
| addition, .emacs can define several hook functions used by Emacs as
| part of its startup.  You cannot reproduce the exact effect of all
| this by simply evaluating the file after the startup sequence is
| finished.
>
| So, in general, it's safer to restart.

Quite clear, 
Thank you Eli
-- 
Jean