From dae79445a910382bab500fba0242cd6ed4385031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:23:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Init File, Find Init): Add cross-references to where $HOME is described. --- man/custom.texi | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi index 509a63a4de2..d10c8aeca2e 100644 --- a/man/custom.texi +++ b/man/custom.texi @@ -2029,8 +2029,9 @@ Reference Manual}. @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 @@ library. @xref{Hooks}. @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 -- 2.39.2