From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:01:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Init File): Recommend when to use site-start.el. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~6382 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00301578bd268af4a4f6abada57689a7cbe2cf83;p=emacs.git (Init File): Recommend when to use site-start.el. --- diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi index 0f842145639..aad67d21133 100644 --- a/man/custom.texi +++ b/man/custom.texi @@ -2008,7 +2008,10 @@ loaded. finds this file via the standard search path for Lisp libraries. Emacs loads this library before it loads your init file. To inhibit loading of this library, use the option @samp{--no-site-file}. -@xref{Initial Options}. +@xref{Initial Options}. We recommend against using +@file{site-start.el} for changes that some users may not like. It is +better to put them in @file{default.el}, so that users can more easily +override them. You can place @file{default.el} and @file{site-start.el} in any of the directories which Emacs searches for Lisp libraries. The variable