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When I change any custom configuration file in the .emacs.d/elisp/ directory, I have to quit Emacs and then start it again in order to get my changes applied. Is there any better way?

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    emacswiki.org/emacs/EvaluatingExpressions and masteringemacs.org/article/evaluating-elisp-emacs and M-x load-file are all good to know. Note that, depending on the code in question, re-evaluating something isn't necessarily the same as if you had started Emacs with the code in that state to begin with.
    – phils
    Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 10:38
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    @phils thanks for the links. Yes, that's the problem, "reevaluation isn't always the same as to start over". Is there any way to flush the state and apply configuration?
    – Ribtoks
    Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 12:44
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    No there isn't. On a case-by-case basis one can generally determine how to revert specific things, but the only "flush state" option is restarting Emacs (because the "state" in Emacs is everything -- configuration, code, data, buffers, etc; it is all intertwined).
    – phils
    Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 19:18
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    If you have a specific example at hand, you could post a new question asking how to deal with that.
    – phils
    Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 19:20

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After you have changed you configuration in a .el file, just reload it with M-x eval-buffer command. Or use the menu Emacs-Lisp->Evaluate buffer.

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