39.1 Starting Up Emacs

This section describes what Emacs does when it is started, and how you can customize these actions.

• Startup Summary: Sequence of actions Emacs performs at startup.
• Init File: Details on reading the init file.
• Terminal-Specific: How the terminal-specific Lisp file is read.
• Command-Line Arguments: How command-line arguments are processed, and how you can customize them.