# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1156350984 0 # Node ID ee4295c07eed822339c55bd605c281adeaea8859 # Parent 6cc945ca398a26c91aeba009f9dba51886b99779 * custom.texi (Init File): Reference Find Init to avoid "home directory" confusion. diff -r 6cc945ca398a -r ee4295c07eed man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Wed Aug 23 16:19:11 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Wed Aug 23 16:36:24 2006 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-08-23 Chong Yidong + + * custom.texi (Init File): Reference Find Init to avoid "home + directory" confusion. + 2006-08-22 Nick Roberts * building.texi (Other GDB-UI Buffers): Describe how to edit diff -r 6cc945ca398a -r ee4295c07eed man/custom.texi --- a/man/custom.texi Wed Aug 23 16:19:11 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Wed Aug 23 16:36:24 2006 +0000 @@ -2063,9 +2063,8 @@ @cindex rebinding keys, permanently @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 -(see @ref{General Variables, HOME}, if you don't know where that is). + When Emacs is started, it normally loads a Lisp program from the file +@file{.emacs} or @file{.emacs.el} in your home directory (@pxref{Find Init}). 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