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NanoooK @sh.itjust.works

7mo ago

Emacs: a basic and capable configuration

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Emacs: a basic and capable configuration

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Use ~/.emacs.d/init.el for your configurations. If there is an ~/.emacs file on your system, make sure to delete it
why? does init.el have any advantage over .emacs?
personally, i like using .emacs bc then, if anything goes wrong, i can just nuke .emacs.d and let my .emacs set everything up from scratch
- why? does init.el have any advantage over .emacs?
  Presumably because of the very next point, #2: “Put all auto-generated configurations in a separate file.” If you’re going to use more than one config file, then that means you need to go with the .emacs.d directory route.
  
  do you? you can set a different custom file from .emacs just fine and i've seen it done before. unless i'm missing something, i believe that's not it

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