From: Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: change location of .emacs
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:20:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tzxfmnqq.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrnetouu8.cpb.bergv@bolmikolke.math.uiuc.edu
Maarten Bergvelt <bergv@math.uiuc.edu> writes:
> In article <871wkjpiaz.fsf@gmail.com>, Hadron wrote:
>>
>> A quick google shows me I can change the "user" with -u to pick up that
>> users .emacs, but how to just say I want MY ".emacs" which is in another
>> directory? I wish to keep my .emacs in my "lisp" directory and tell
>> emacs about it on the command line. Possible?
>
> To learn about emacs maybe not google but read the documentation? See
> command line arguments section in the manual, you seem to be looking
> for
> emacs -q -l lispdirectory/your.emacs.file
>
> hth
There is no "-l" option mentioned in my emacs command line "C2. initial options"
startup section other than when running emacs in batch.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-21 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-21 16:49 change location of .emacs Hadron
2007-02-21 17:05 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2007-02-21 17:20 ` Hadron [this message]
2007-02-21 17:36 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2007-02-21 19:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.4858.1172085400.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-02-21 19:33 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2007-02-22 4:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
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