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Re: Default emacs init file location confusion


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: Default emacs init file location confusion
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:03:32 +0100

>>>>> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:56:00 -0500, Yuan Fu <address@hidden> said:

    >> It is, but 'use this new thing only if you create it' is pretty
    >> unsurprising as well, weʼre not going to stop using .emacs.d and force
    >> people to use ~/.config/emacs.

    Yuan> Why force people to use ~/.config/emacs when forcing them causes a lot
    Yuan> of confusion? This confusion is corroborated by many people. And,
    Yuan> although ~/.config/emacs has some advantages, the location of config
    Yuan> file is still a personal thing, it is not necessary to force people to
    Yuan> change.

? I said: "weʼre *not* going to stop using .emacs.d", ie "if you do
nothing, we'll keep reading stuff from .emacs.d"

Robert



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