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From: Maarten Bergvelt <bergv@math.uiuc.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inexplicable flaw: non-overridable .emacs
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:08:43 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnevj6dr.svr.bergv@bolmikolke.math.uiuc.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: etc2fj$7dl$1@reader2.panix.com

In article <etc2fj$7dl$1@reader2.panix.com>, kj wrote:
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, it is my understanding that one
> cannot use a command-line switch to tell emacs to read a config
> file *other* than the standard ~/.emacs.
> 
> If this is correct, I seems to me an inexplicable design flaw.  Is
> there some fundamental reason for it?

There was some discussion about this in gnu.emacs.help last month, see
the thread "change location of .emacs" especially the postings by 
Eli Zaretskii. 

I don't understand why people do object to using ~/.emacs, though.

-- 
Maarten Bergvelt		

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-03-15 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-15 18:15 Inexplicable flaw: non-overridable .emacs kj
2007-03-15 18:24 ` David Kastrup
2007-03-15 19:08 ` Maarten Bergvelt [this message]
2007-03-15 20:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.972.1173989687.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-03-17 13:43   ` kj
2007-03-17 13:54     ` Joost Kremers
2007-03-17 15:11     ` Kevin Rodgers
2007-03-17 15:43     ` David Hansen

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