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changeset 46711:101b5b0fa2b5
Document custom-file variable.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:11:14 +0000 |
| parents | 0d10dffe0423 |
| children | 9423094d3e99 |
| files | man/custom.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/custom.texi Sat Jul 27 19:09:54 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Sat Jul 27 19:11:14 2002 +0000 @@ -523,6 +523,18 @@ invoke @samp{[State]} and select the @samp{Save for Future Sessions} operation. +@vindex custom-file + 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 load +that file and should also set @code{custom-file} to the name of that +file. For example: + +@example +(load "~/.emacs-custom") +(setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom") +@end example + If Emacs was invoked with the @option{-q} or @option{--no-init-file} options (@pxref{Initial Options}), it will not let you save your customizations in your @file{~/.emacs} init file. This is because