Re: [Fwd: Location of .emacs file under `su` and `su -`?]

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>                               ((eq system-type 'vax-vms)
>                                "sys$login:.emacs")
>                               (t
>     !                              "~/.emacs"))))
>
> Don't install that change!
> It would break the feature that emacs runs your
> own init file (not root's init file) if you have su'd.
>
> It would also break -u.

Yeah, it was ill-conceived.

What should we do?  Would it suffice to update the Emacs manual to say
that the init file is looked for in the home directory of $USER
instead of $HOME?