From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Carifio Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15539: 24.3; setting user-emacs-directory at command line invocation Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:13 -0400 Message-ID: <87wqlqiayq.fsf@carifio.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1381082538 15996 80.91.229.3 (6 Oct 2013 18:02:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:02:18 +0000 (UTC) To: 15539@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 06 20:02:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseq-0007eB-MR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:02:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56023 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseq-0003KF-8U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:02:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46797) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseg-0003JG-4z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:02:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseY-0001y5-Vu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49646) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseY-0001y1-Si for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseY-0003LL-L6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:02:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Mike Carifio Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 18:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 15539 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.138108250212814 (code B ref -1); Sun, 06 Oct 2013 18:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Oct 2013 18:01:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57939 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VSseD-0003KZ-JV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:01:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37212) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VSror-00022s-LM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSrok-0002pK-26 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:37 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:44265) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSroj-0002pG-V8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38910) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSrod-0005HV-N5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSroX-0002oC-C0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qa0-f48.google.com ([209.85.216.48]:57374) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSroX-0002nF-6d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:08:17 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id hu16so2390627qab.0 for ; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:08:16 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; bh=cIQae3aVZt/hcLktkSzDnOg4BVPT288v14gP8fRSqKM=; b=kszOsKzur27EMN3Z2u91/U5Hf7s/nHEXsGHYU9Uo2Cq3B2BI9XELBoMbcUxYhaFZ7h +52RvWgHMlMMeT+AVsWm1YjdWRxgZnW4Zx1fhHP3j9RGr0juC/LSD+ii/WL+Vhd7BecE 26t5F0d55ShGonCqihzjbFt9nf61ZzK9BNoCAoP1KmRx0u0Mpu6p2LeR0eBVir0PFRXH 8/cVVsbA2YGnCidlw9XHniun/vpRxdQx8Y8WdlkDuLrQl41anmkRY/LBlC0GJ75mh8Gk 0TFr4jzFRTzUCsx1MilGGcsYKlhKuLNj4DjE6GdruVLUgY5XOOM+2dMfS4zIBFU/9PWa IKUQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQly5K22GI56/0d7GVPL10aMxDP5TPpG1i5oQGRaG1F71tABckvupIgnsc9Pi6uicEQUAR83 X-Received: by 10.224.171.67 with SMTP id g3mr32002013qaz.13.1381079296123; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from larry (cpe-74-78-54-137.maine.res.rr.com. [74.78.54.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id l2sm52590816qad.10.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:08:15 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:01:40 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:78959 Archived-At: ----------------------- I'd like a switch for the emacs command line, something like --user-emacs-directory, that sets the user emacs directory on startup, rather than hardcodes ~/.emacs.d/. So, for example: emacs --user-emacs-directory ~/mine.d/ Will look for the emacs init.el in ~/mine.d/init.el. ----------------------- In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.4) of 2013-10-03 on louvi, modified by Debian Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11303000 System Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Configured using: `configure '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.3/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.3/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk3' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'' Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: global-auto-complete-mode: t auto-complete-mode: t cua-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-h v c o m m a n d l - l i n e - a r g ESC x r e p o r t - e m Recent messages: Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...done Loading debian-ispell...done Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...done Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...done Loading /home/mcarifio/.emacs.d/lib/libemacs.el (source)...done (lambda (a b) ...) quoted with ' rather than with #' For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. command-line-1: Unknown option `--user-emacs-directory' Type C-x 1 to delete the help window. 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