(jed.info)Startup Files

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Startup Files
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   Once JED has loaded the startup file `site.sl', it will try to load
the user's personal initialization file.  It first looks in the
directory pointed to by the environment variable `JED_HOME'. If that
fails, it then searches the `HOME' directory and upon failure simply
loads the one supplied in `JED_LIBRARY'.

   The name of the user initialization file varies according to the
operating system.  On Unix systems this file must be called `.jedrc'
while on VMS and MSDOS, it goes by the name `jed.rc'.  For VMS systems,
the `HOME' directory corresponds to the `SYS$LOGIN' logical name while
for the other two systems, it corresponds to the `HOME' environment
variable.

   The purpose of this file is to allow an individual user to taylor
JED to his or her personal taste.  Most likely, this will involve
choosing an initial set of keybindings, setting some variables, and so
on.