# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1104797292 0 # Node ID b442f3501e4e5f2e6fefd223eb7c12534d8d2a6a # Parent 45239c528a4906e9200c7e5d755dc3a7699705d8 (Saving Customizations): Emacs no longer loads `custom-file' after .emacs in 21.4. (It never did in prior versions.) No longer mention customizing through Custom. diff -r 45239c528a49 -r b442f3501e4e man/custom.texi --- a/man/custom.texi Mon Jan 03 23:52:47 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Tue Jan 04 00:08:12 2005 +0000 @@ -487,21 +487,11 @@ The customization buffer normally saves customizations in @file{~/.emacs}. If you wish, you can save customizations in another file instead. To make this work, your @file{~/.emacs} should set -@code{custom-file} to the name of that file. If you are using Emacs -version 21.4 or later, Emacs loads the file right after your -@file{.emacs} if you did not load it already. In earlier versions, -you have to load the file in your @file{~/emacs}. If you customize -@code{custom-file} through the @samp{Customize} interface, you still -need to load it in your @file{.emacs}, but there is no need to set -it. For example: +@code{custom-file} to the name of that file and load it. For example: @example -;; @r{if not set through the @samp{Customize} interface:} -(setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom") - -;; @r{in Emacs versions before 21.4 or if set through} -;; @r{the @samp{Customize} interface.} -(load "~/.emacs-custom") +(setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom.el") +(load custom-file) @end example You can also use @code{custom-file} to specify different