From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Using a different init file/directory? Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:23:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2ccdeedc-3d8a-48c9-81b2-d22ba7869f51@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416713085 17347 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2014 03:24:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:24:45 +0000 (UTC) To: Yaron Greenwald , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 04:24:39 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1XsNmx-0005a1-Ex for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:24:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47545 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsNmx-0005FG-0Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:24:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54517) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsNmg-0005EH-3V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:24:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsNmY-00063X-Qv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:24:22 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:25699) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsNmY-00063T-KF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:24:14 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id sAN3NjfP007872 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:23:46 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sAN3NiIW018936 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:23:45 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0004.oracle.com (abhmp0004.oracle.com [141.146.116.10]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sAN3Nioq004496; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:23:44 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101123 Archived-At: > Most other programs have a way of telling them to use a different > init file: 'mutt -F <>', 'vi -i <>', etc. >=20 > But I can't figure out how to do that in emacs. Is there a why? > How/why not? Did you ask Emacs? Ask Emacs first. `C-h r i command-line TAB RET' takes you to node `Emacs Invocation'. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Emacs-Invocation.= html Choosing `Initial Options' there takes you to a node that tells you how to not load your normal init file (`-q'). And choosing `Action Arguments' takes you to a node that tells you how to load an arbitrary file (`-l').