From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: loading specific .emacs file on command line? Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:05:10 -0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3E4D2FD6.8050406@ihs.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045245917 16518 80.91.224.249 (14 Feb 2003 18:05:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18jkBf-0004BH-00 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:03:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18jkDb-0002l6-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:05:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!170.207.51.80!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 170.207.51.80 Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1045245900 47208578 170.207.51.80 (16 [82742]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020406 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110206 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6708 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6708 Robert Marshall wrote: > Or for another approach - having broken up the emacs file I use the > name parameter on the command line and use the following defun > > (defun rajm-get-emacs-class () > (let ((emacs-class > (cdr (assoc 'name initial-frame-alist)))) > (cond > ((not emacs-class) 'full-class) > ((string-equal "VM" emacs-class) 'vm-class) > ((string-equal "rajm" emacs-class) 'full-class) > ((string-equal "Root" emacs-class) 'root-class) > ((string-equal "Gnus" emacs-class) 'fs-agent-class) > ((string-equal "default" emacs-class) 'nil) > (t 'remote-class)))) > (defvar rajm-emacs-class (rajm-get-emacs-class)) > > And then load files in .emacs based upon rajm-emacs-class Cool. I use the -name vm option to differentiate an instance of Emacs running VM from my normal editing session, via .Xdefaults: Emacs*cursorColor: blue Emacs*pointerColor: blue vm*cursorColor: red vm*pointerColor: red -- Kevin Rodgers