From: Eric Brown <brown@fastmail.com>
To: Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Copying .emacs.d
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:08:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2d1nzqdtr.fsf@fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3b38c65f-a16c-48ff-b50e-ab56df8c73ba@googlegroups.com> (Rusi's message of "Tue, 24 May 2016 22:23:49 -0700 (PDT)")
Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> Is it ok to copy over .emacs.d from one machine to another
> (assume similar OS)?
>
> I am specifically thinking of packages and elpa directory -- is
> there some kind
> of fingerprinting or is it legitimate?
>
> Context: I'd like to setup one minimal box for my students and
> then
> they can copy over .emacs.d from there to their laptops
An example of a package that might not transfer is pdf-tools, as
it has
a compiled binary.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-03 1:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-25 5:23 Copying .emacs.d Rusi
2016-05-26 7:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-05-26 13:02 ` Rusi
2016-06-03 1:08 ` Eric Brown [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.741.1464916120.1216.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-06-03 1:20 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-06-03 3:00 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.746.1464922872.1216.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-06-03 5:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-06-03 16:54 ` Emacs at schools (was: Re: Copying .emacs.d) Emanuel Berg
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