# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1130644556 0 # Node ID 673d94c09ed4f4e25dd4d1c5b1a3722985b4eb2c # Parent 33b15a14f9b352cf5d935f937ba45ed0e44ab204 Document ~/.emacs.d/init.el. diff -r 33b15a14f9b3 -r 673d94c09ed4 lispref/ChangeLog --- a/lispref/ChangeLog Sun Oct 30 03:02:43 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/ChangeLog Sun Oct 30 03:55:56 2005 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-10-29 Chong Yidong + + * os.texi (Init File): Document ~/.emacs.d/init.el. + 2005-10-29 Richard M. Stallman * internals.texi (Garbage Collection): Document memory-full. diff -r 33b15a14f9b3 -r 673d94c09ed4 lispref/os.texi --- a/lispref/os.texi Sun Oct 30 03:02:43 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/os.texi Sun Oct 30 03:55:56 2005 +0000 @@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ When you start Emacs, it normally attempts to load your @dfn{init file}, a file in your home directory. Its normal name is -@file{.emacs}, but you can alternatively call it @file{.emacs.el}. -You can also store it inside a subdirectory @file{.emacs.d}. -Whichever place you use, you can also compile the file (@pxref{Byte -Compilation}); then the actual file loaded will be @file{.emacs.elc}. +@file{.emacs}, but you can also call it @file{.emacs.el}. +Alternatively, you can use a file named @file{init.el} in a +subdirectory @file{.emacs.d}. Whichever place you use, you can also +compile the file (@pxref{Byte Compilation}); then the actual file +loaded will be @file{.emacs.elc} or @file{init.elc}. The command-line switches @samp{-q}, @samp{-Q}, and @samp{-u} control whether and where to find the init file; @samp{-q} (and the