Starting Up

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40.1 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.