> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 11:46:31 -0700
>
> I'll give it a whirl. Proposed patch attached.
> When Emacs is started, it normally tries to load a Lisp program from
> an @dfn{initialization file}, or @dfn{init file} for short. This
> -file, if it exists, specifies how to initialize Emacs for you. Emacs
> -looks for your init file using the filenames
> -@file{~/.config/emacs},. @file{~/.emacs}, @file{~/.config/emacs.el},
> -@file{~/.emacs.el}, @file{~/.config/emacs.d/init.el} or
> -@file{~/.emacs.d/init.el}; you can choose to use any one of these
> -names (@pxref{Find Init}). Here, @file{~/} stands for your home
> +file, if it exists, specifies how to initialize Emacs for you.
> +If the directory @file{@var{xdghome}/.config/emacs} exists, Emacs uses
> +@file{@var{xdghome}/.config/emacs/init.el} as the init file. Here,
> +@var{xdghome} stands for the value of the environment variable
> +@env{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}, or for @file{~/.config} if
> +@env{XDG_CONFIG_HOME} is unset; @file{~/} stands for your home
> directory.
The above quote explains the meaning of the ~ symbol twice. Is that necessary, or is it the result of an incorrect copy and paste?
Regards,
Elias