# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1138965785 0 # Node ID 6958a4fa4415ced253d6b5cef3177975853592e1 # Parent 1438f2238634881afde2cc6d8d67381514ddd146 (Init File, Find Init): Add cross-references to where $HOME is described. diff -r 1438f2238634 -r 6958a4fa4415 man/custom.texi --- a/man/custom.texi Fri Feb 03 11:16:45 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Fri Feb 03 11:23:05 2006 +0000 @@ -2029,8 +2029,9 @@ @cindex startup (init file) When Emacs is started, it normally loads a Lisp program from the -file @file{.emacs} or @file{.emacs.el} in your home directory. We -call this file your @dfn{init file} because it specifies how to +file @file{.emacs} or @file{.emacs.el} in your home directory +(see @ref{General Variables, HOME} if you don't know where that is). +We call this file your @dfn{init file} because it specifies how to initialize Emacs for you. You can use the command line switch @samp{-q} to prevent loading your init file, and @samp{-u} (or @samp{--user}) to specify a different user's init file (@pxref{Initial @@ -2442,11 +2443,12 @@ @node Find Init @subsection How Emacs Finds Your Init File - Normally Emacs uses the environment variable @env{HOME} to find -@file{.emacs}; that's what @samp{~} means in a file name. If -@file{.emacs} is not found inside @file{~/} (nor @file{.emacs.el}), -Emacs looks for @file{~/.emacs.d/init.el} (which, like -@file{~/.emacs.el}, can be byte-compiled). + Normally Emacs uses the environment variable @env{HOME} +(@pxref{General Variables, HOME}) to find @file{.emacs}; that's what +@samp{~} means in a file name. If @file{.emacs} is not found inside +@file{~/} (nor @file{.emacs.el}), Emacs looks for +@file{~/.emacs.d/init.el} (which, like @file{~/.emacs.el}, can be +byte-compiled). However, if you run Emacs from a shell started by @code{su}, Emacs tries to find your own @file{.emacs}, not that of the user you are