From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rick Crawford Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Emacs, dotfiles, network Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:09:08 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <873ca90xa4.fsf@redfort.vroop.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074723590 22967 80.91.224.253 (21 Jan 2004 22:19:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:19:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 21 23:19:35 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AjQhC-0007df-01 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:19:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AjQgC-0000nd-0i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:18:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s52.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-URL: http://www.vroop.com/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aF9zhgrKnVwn6N6rO9pvwesWAWQ= Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.30.29.25 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net Original-X-Trace: attbi_s52 1074722948 66.30.29.25 (Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:09:08 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:09:08 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120315 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:16258 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16258 I'm a relative newcomer to Emacs. At home I've got two computers, basically a desktop and a server. When I'm away from home I'm generally connecting via ssh to the server, whereas at home I stick to the desktop box. So I'm starting to use features of emacs like the calendar and todo-mode more and more. The problem is that I have separate calendar, todo, and diary files, a separate ~/.emacs and ~/.gnus file, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this problem? Do any of you simply use an NFS mount to share config files for machines across a network? Would using NIS to share a physical home directory be a better way to go? I'd love some advice from anyone who has experience trying to share an emacs environment across a network. --