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203 When installing XEmacs, make sure you configure it according to your 203 When installing XEmacs, make sure you configure it according to your
204 environment's mail spool locking conventions. When you're using a 204 environment's mail spool locking conventions. When you're using a
205 binary kit, set the `mail-lock-method' variable at startup, or the 205 binary kit, set the `mail-lock-method' variable at startup, or the
206 EMACSLOCKMETHOD environment variable. 206 EMACSLOCKMETHOD environment variable.
207 207
208 ** Init file will move to ~/.xemacs/init.el.
209
210 If `~/.xemacs/init.el' exists, XEmacs will prefer it over `~/.emacs'
211 as an init file. The file may be byte-compiled as
212 `~/.xemacs/init.elc'.
213
214 Future versions of XEmacs will stop supporting `~/.emacs' as an init
215 file. XEmacs offers automatic migration upon startup.
216
217 ** Custom file will move to ~/.xemacs/custom.el.
218
219 Whereas customize settings were formerly stored in the regular init
220 file, XEmacs now prefers them to be in a separate file
221 `~/.xemacs/custom.el', completely under automatic control. This
222 change goes with the migration of the init file, and XEmacs offers
223 automatic migration upon startup.
224
225 ** Init file may be called .emacs.el.
226
227 For the time being, like in GNU Emacs 20.4 and on, you can now name
228 the XEmacs init file `.emacs.el'. Formerly the name had to be
229 `.emacs'. If you use the name `.emacs.el', you can byte-compile the
230 file in the usual way.
231
232 If both `.emacs' and `.emacs.el' exist, the latter file is the one
233 that is used.
234
208 ** New command-line switches -user-init-file and -user-init-directory. 235 ** New command-line switches -user-init-file and -user-init-directory.
209 These can be used to specify alternate locations for what is normally 236 These can be used to specify alternate locations for what is normally
210 ~/.emacs and ~/.xemacs. 237 ~/.emacs and ~/.xemacs.
211 238
212 Moreover, -user <user> (which used to only work in unpredictable ways) 239 Moreover, -user <user> (which used to only work in unpredictable ways)
213 is now equivalent to 240 is now equivalent to -user-init-file ~<user>/.xemacs/init.el
214 -user-init-file ~<user>/.emacs -user-init-directory ~<user>/.xemacs. 241 -user-init-directory ~<user>/.xemacs. or -user-init-file
215 242 ~<user>/.emacs -user-init-directory ~<user>/.xemacs, whichever init
216 ** Init file may be called .emacs.el. 243 file comes first.
217
218 Like in GNU Emacs 20.4 and on, you can now name the XEmacs init file
219 `.emacs.el'. Formerly the name had to be `.emacs'. If you use the
220 name `.emacs.el', you can byte-compile the file in the usual way.
221
222 If both `.emacs' and `.emacs.el' exist, the latter file is the one
223 that is used.
224 244
225 ** New variable `mswindows-meta-activates-menu'. 245 ** New variable `mswindows-meta-activates-menu'.
226 If you set this variable to nil then pressing and releasing the Alt 246 If you set this variable to nil then pressing and releasing the Alt
227 key under MS-Windows will no longer activate the menubar. The default 247 key under MS-Windows will no longer activate the menubar. The default
228 is t. This is not to be confused with `menu-accelerator-enabled', 248 is t. This is not to be confused with `menu-accelerator-enabled',