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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