From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New config file Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:03:07 -0600 Message-ID: References: <25671046.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254290751 15201 80.91.229.12 (30 Sep 2009 06:05:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:05:51 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 30 08:05:44 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MssJr-0008VG-A9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:05:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51340 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MssJq-0007kC-Pe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:05:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MssJL-0007k5-IY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:05:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MssJG-0007i1-9b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:05:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37044 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MssJG-0007hy-3i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:05:06 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:57047) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MssJF-0001iY-7d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:05:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MssJD-0008Kz-8c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:05:03 +0200 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:05:03 +0200 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:05:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: <25671046.post@talk.nabble.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:68554 Archived-At: emacsuser wrote: > I am relatively new to emacs. I have been trying to get it to work on Linux. > I was told to rename the config file .emacs to something other than .emacs. > So I called it .emacs-ks. After customizing it, I called it using : > emacs -u .emacs-ks > It loads an emacs session ((not with the default serttings of .emacs). But I > have to type M-x load file, then give .emacs-ks. Only then does the config > settings take effect. I wasn't to be able to call .emacs-ks without using > load file. The -u option takes a user name argument, not a file name. For that, use the -l option. > My question is, is there any way I can call emacs using a config file with > anem other than .emacs (I need to retain .emacs in my current folder for > other purposes) > > Your help is really appreciated. i know this must be a silly problem for all > of you, but please bear with me. > Thanks, > Miki -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA