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authorChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2006-08-23 16:36:24 +0000
committerChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2006-08-23 16:36:24 +0000
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* custom.texi (Init File): Reference Find Init to avoid "home
directory" confusion.
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+2006-08-23 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+ * custom.texi (Init File): Reference Find Init to avoid "home
+ directory" confusion.
+
2006-08-22 Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
* building.texi (Other GDB-UI Buffers): Describe how to edit
diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi
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--- a/man/custom.texi
+++ b/man/custom.texi
@@ -2063,9 +2063,8 @@ Reference Manual}.
@cindex rebinding keys, permanently
@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
-(see @ref{General Variables, HOME}, if you don't know where that is).
+ When Emacs is started, it normally loads a Lisp program from the file
+@file{.emacs} or @file{.emacs.el} in your home directory (@pxref{Find Init}).
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