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  When you start Emacs, it normally attempts to load the file
@file{.emacs} from your home directory.  This file, if it exists, must
contain Lisp code.  It is called your @dfn{init file}.  The command line
switches @samp{-q} and @samp{-u} affect the use of the init file;
@samp{-q} says not to load an init file, and @samp{-u} says to load a
specified user's init file instead of yours.  @xref{Entering Emacs, , ,
emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.

@cindex default init file
  A site may have a @dfn{default init file}, which is the library named
@file{default.el}.  Emacs finds the @file{default.el} file through the

  If there is a great deal of code in your @file{.emacs} file, you
should move it into another file named @file{@var{something}.el},
byte-compile it (@pxref{Byte Compilation}), and make your @file{.emacs}
file load the other file using @code{load} (@pxref{Loading}).

  @xref{Init File Examples, , , emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for
examples of how to make various commonly desired customizations in your
@file{.emacs} file.

@defopt inhibit-default-init
This variable prevents Emacs from loading the default initialization

    "TERM=ibmapa16" 
    "SHELL=/bin/csh"
    "HOME=/user/lewis")
@end group
@end smallexample
@end defvar

@defun load-average
This function returns the current 1 minute, 5 minute and 15 minute
load averages in a list.  The values are integers that are 100 times

@kbd{C-^} into @kbd{C-s} and @kbd{C-q} were typed.  Except at its very
lowest level, Emacs never knows that the characters typed were anything
but @kbd{C-s} and @kbd{C-q}, so you can in effect type them as @kbd{C-\}
and @kbd{C-^} even when they are input for other commands.
@xref{Translating Input}.

If the terminal is the source of the flow control characters, then once
you enable kernel flow control handling, you probably can make do with
less padding than normal for that terminal.  You can reduce the amount
of padding by customizing the Termcap entry.  You can also reduce it by

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  When you start Emacs, it normally attempts to load the file
@file{.emacs} from your home directory.  This file, if it exists, must
contain Lisp code.  It is called your @dfn{init file}.  The command line
switches @samp{-q} and @samp{-u} affect the use of the init file;
@samp{-q} says not to load an init file, and @samp{-u} says to load a
specified user's init file instead of yours.  @xref{Entering Emacs,,,
emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.

@cindex default init file
  A site may have a @dfn{default init file}, which is the library named
@file{default.el}.  Emacs finds the @file{default.el} file through the

  If there is a great deal of code in your @file{.emacs} file, you
should move it into another file named @file{@var{something}.el},
byte-compile it (@pxref{Byte Compilation}), and make your @file{.emacs}
file load the other file using @code{load} (@pxref{Loading}).

  @xref{Init File Examples,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for
examples of how to make various commonly desired customizations in your
@file{.emacs} file.

@defopt inhibit-default-init
This variable prevents Emacs from loading the default initialization

    "TERM=ibmapa16" 
    "SHELL=/bin/csh"
    "HOME=/user/lewis")
@end group
@end smallexample
@end defvar

@defvar invocation-name
This variable holds the program name under which Emacs was invoked.  The
value is a string, and does not include a directory name.
@end defvar

@defvar invocation-directory
This variable holds the directory from which the Emacs executable was
invoked, or perhaps @code{nil} if that directory cannot be determined.
@end defvar

@defvar installation-directory
If non-@code{nil}, this is a directory within which to look for the
@file{lib-src} and @file{etc} subdirectories.  This is non-@code{nil}
when Emacs can't find those directories in their standard installed
locations, but can find them near where the Emacs executable was found.
@end defvar

@defun load-average
This function returns the current 1 minute, 5 minute and 15 minute
load averages in a list.  The values are integers that are 100 times

@kbd{C-^} into @kbd{C-s} and @kbd{C-q} were typed.  Except at its very
lowest level, Emacs never knows that the characters typed were anything
but @kbd{C-s} and @kbd{C-q}, so you can in effect type them as @kbd{C-\}
and @kbd{C-^} even when they are input for other commands.
@xref{Translating Input}.
@end enumerate

If the terminal is the source of the flow control characters, then once
you enable kernel flow control handling, you probably can make do with
less padding than normal for that terminal.  You can reduce the amount
of padding by customizing the Termcap entry.  You can also reduce it by