From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kin Cho Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: running emacs without installing Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:32:44 -0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <7ihdpm2d4j.fsf@neoscale.com> References: <7iu0two99r.fsf@neoscale.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096151647 18685 80.91.229.6 (25 Sep 2004 22:34:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 26 00:33:57 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CBL76-0001Z5-00 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:33:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CBLDG-0004Y7-4m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:40:18 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 8ZLAnuZQ2Epq0mT2PfRzJAtffHlihUSciI0klJokRIPDpbmGcx User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3o/cfO0ewb1waYhBNqNNCkuYJE0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125540 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20895 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20895 Kai, Thanks for the pointers, but I still couldn't get it to work. I set EMACSDATA to the value of data-directory on machine Y (with normal emacs installation) relative to machine X, and EMACSPATH to point at the site-lisp dir relative to machine X. Warning: arch-dependent data dir (/usr/local/libexec/emacs/21.3/i686-pc-linux-gnu/) does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp' does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3/leim' does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3/lisp' does not exist. Cannot open load file: term/x-win I see this string _EMACS_INTERNAL in the emacs executable, but don't see documentation for it. Could this be used somehow? -kin Kai Grossjohann writes: > Kin Cho writes: > >> I want to avoid the softlink on machine X. Are there environment >> variables to tell emacs where to find the data and lisp dirs? > > Yes. EMACS_DATA and friends. C-h i d m Emacs RET enters the Emacs > info file, m Environment RET goes to the right spot. (You still have > to choose the first menu item, though.) > > Kai