From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.msys] Re: .emacs at c:\ and ~/ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:33:42 +0200 Message-ID: References: <861wfxke3f.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182933243 22062 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2007 08:34:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "David Kastrup" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 27 10:34:02 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I3SyN-0007be-Sq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:34:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3SyN-00039W-Cp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:33:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3SyA-0002zN-KY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:33:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3Sy9-0002yV-LG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:33:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3Sy9-0002y4-4B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:33:45 -0400 Original-Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.235]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I3Sy8-0004xI-DV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:33:44 -0400 Original-Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h26so97417wxd for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:33:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UR25PEA5a5nrwhURMbXXe5iY1iiYFb8s64vwrCJEcM/EIOAkilS6aspQc3ZSqFDg/bouQSOMSibDRT9LVPlVv/+jlCqj3+vie6m4v/GXcSNXjNwH13sFQce7P/NNeSac+KlAaL1/DjuHWEy0PdoCzL6NiU3mlT2Ak2DLAvYB5tM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Lb0FLaRU8EzOVpZ6QMrqJlFGlNqIpw1dDf28KUq1peJjqSc5DFhNr41Zp+vMZYBJfGWxuVPzULsY3NqbwsLIADAJ8N4VdI5DA68jSKo28MUseieQt0z2pi8sCrGzt62PZlbl3KoQr5o7VnHXU4IhwgzgYjZrGhraL7f5iDB4vqw= Original-Received: by 10.90.49.1 with SMTP id w1mr125078agw.1182933222874; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.90.87.8 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:33:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <861wfxke3f.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 (Google crawlbot) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73916 Archived-At: On 6/27/07, David Kastrup wrote: > I have to agree with the misleading wording in the info page regarding > the -u option for using the init file of other users. I don't disagree, but the Init File node's first paragraph points to Initial Options, where -u is described as in the Emacs command line help: `-u USER' `--user=USER' Load USER's Emacs init file `~USER/.emacs' instead of your own(1). > Maybe we should also add a link to the Windows-specific section > explaining about what ~user means under Windows? I don't think it is > at all clear to the average user what effect -u will have under > Windows. No effect, at this time. Juanma