From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16242: 24.3; wish: set init directory (.emacs.d) by commandline flag for easy custom environments Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:33:09 -0700 Message-ID: <878srv2gl6.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <87ppom45ge.wl%arne_bab@web.de> <87k1bf6us6.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="55032"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Arne Babenhauserheide , 16242@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 15 06:34:25 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Sx-000E8v-5F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 06:34:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38346 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Sw-00027t-3L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36978) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Sd-0001vk-BV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:34:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Sc-0003jE-8W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:34:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41510) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Sc-0003j9-59 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Sc-0000t2-2I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16242 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 16242-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16242.15658435993338 (code B ref 16242); Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16242) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Aug 2019 04:33:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50326 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Ru-0000rl-TJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:33:19 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:34756) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Rs-0000rd-BB for 16242@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from 24-104-73-23-ip-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([24.104.73.23] helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hy7Rn-0007nN-Es; Thu, 15 Aug 2019 06:33:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:18:02 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:165040 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > >> Does anybody object to adding an --init-dir switch? It would just >> basically set `user-emacs-directory'. > > See https://debbugs.gnu.org/15539 I see. So the general consensus there seemed to be that this could add some possible maintenance complexity, and that there wasn't really a use case presented. This report does add a use case. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no