Re: ~/.emacs vs ~/.emacs.d/init.el.

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On 2020-12-13 at 21:50:37 +0800,
Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 6:09 PM Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 16:00, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > As far as the initialization file is concerned, which is more
> > > preferable,~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el?
> >
> > If you are choosing between these two, ~/.emacs.d/init.el is
> > preferable. Because then you can put the whole .emacs.d into version
> > control separately from your home directory.
> >
> > However keep in mind that Emacs 27 adds support for XDG-style
> > configuration directory, ~/.config/emacs/, which gives you the same
> > abilities as ~/.emacs.d with an added benefit of less clutter in your
> > home directory.
> 
> I've tried the following based on your above notes, but it seems that
> emacs doesn't pick up the initialization file located under
> ~/.config/emacs/ automatically.
> 
> $ mv .emacs.d/init.el ~/.config/emacs/
> 
> Any hints for this problem?

Try removing or renaming ~/.emacs.d, the existence of which might be
fooling emacs into *not* searching for ~/.config/emacs.  For reference,
see:

    https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Find-Init.html