From e028131e05a12f13015b6b0cd8a41092850e43b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:00:01 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; Improve and clarify wording of recent commit in NEWS. --- etc/NEWS | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 9b3dadf4528..cd9a0947b92 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -134,12 +134,19 @@ builds respectively. +++ ** Emacs now uses the XDG convention for init files. -For example, it looks for init.el in ~/.config/emacs/init.el. -Emacs continues to look for init files in their traditional locations -if ~/.config/emacs does not exist. The XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment -variable (default ~/.config) specifies the parent directory of these -configuration files, so invoking Emacs with XDG_CONFIG_HOME='/nowhere' -might be useful if your new-location init files are scrambled. +For example, it looks for init.el in ~/.config/emacs/init.el, and +similarly for other init files. + +The XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable (which defaults to ~/.config) +specifies the parent directory of these and other configuration files, +and will override their traditional locations (the home directory, +~/.emacs.d, etc.). + +Emacs will still look for init files in their traditional locations if +XDG_CONFIG_HOME does not exist, so invoking Emacs with +XDG_CONFIG_HOME='/nowhere' might be useful if your new-location init +files are scrambled, or if you want to force Emacs to ignore files +under XDG_CONFIG_HOME for some other reason. +++ ** Emacs can now be configured using an early init file. -- 2.39.2