# HG changeset patch # User Jay Belanger # Date 1105165064 0 # Node ID 08f6c11de799660abd17ad5e0a6dc184c2362608 # Parent 8cb9d2c5b48edc808c4c57c65ec5e8104b3647c1 (General Mode Commands, Installation): Change to reflect new default value of calc-settings-file. diff -r 8cb9d2c5b48e -r 08f6c11de799 man/calc.texi --- a/man/calc.texi Sat Jan 08 05:58:05 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/calc.texi Sat Jan 08 06:17:44 2005 +0000 @@ -12268,22 +12268,22 @@ @kindex m F @pindex calc-settings-file-name The @kbd{m F} (@code{calc-settings-file-name}) command allows you to -choose a different place than your @file{.emacs} file for @kbd{m m}, -@kbd{Z P}, and similar commands to save permanent information. +choose a different file than the current value of @code{calc-settings-file} +for @kbd{m m}, @kbd{Z P}, and similar commands to save permanent information. You are prompted for a file name. All Calc modes are then reset to their default values, then settings from the file you named are loaded if this file exists, and this file becomes the one that Calc will use in the future for commands like @kbd{m m}. The default settings -file name is @file{~/.emacs}. You can see the current file name by +file name is @file{~/.calc.el}. You can see the current file name by giving a blank response to the @kbd{m F} prompt. See also the discussion of the @code{calc-settings-file} variable; @pxref{Installation}. -If the file name you give contains the string @samp{.emacs} anywhere -inside it, @kbd{m F} will not automatically load the new file. This -is because you are presumably switching to your @file{~/.emacs} file, -which may contain other things you don't want to reread. You can give +If the file name you give is your user init file (typically +@file{~/.emacs}), @kbd{m F} will not automatically load the new file. This +is because your user init file may contain other things you don't want +to reread. You can give a numeric prefix argument of 1 to @kbd{m F} to force it to read the -file no matter what its name. Conversely, an argument of @mathit{-1} tells +file no matter what. Conversely, an argument of @mathit{-1} tells @kbd{m F} @emph{not} to read the new file. An argument of 2 or @mathit{-2} tells @kbd{m F} not to reset the modes to their defaults beforehand, which is useful if you intend your new file to have a variant of the @@ -34497,8 +34497,8 @@ Another variable you might want to set is @code{calc-settings-file}, which holds the file name in which commands like @kbd{m m} and @kbd{Z P} store ``permanent'' definitions. The default value for this variable -is @code{"~/.emacs"}. If @code{calc-settings-file} does not contain -@code{".emacs"} as a substring, and if the variable +is @code{"~/.calc.el"}. If @code{calc-settings-file} is not your user +init file (typically @file{~/.emacs}) and if the variable @code{calc-loaded-settings-file} is @code{nil}, then Calc will automatically load your settings file (if it exists) the first time Calc is invoked.