From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Alternate init file, take two Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:42:52 +0200 Message-ID: References: <432fbe1f$0$255$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127290675 21144 80.91.229.2 (21 Sep 2005 08:17:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:17:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 21 10:17:43 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHzlV-0003Xx-4P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:15:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHzlT-000762-Ll for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:15:40 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Trace: individual.net gqmiycZhClclpJFwJx8+Og4Lcne5hY0zSRMFW2t8GWq/3Z58fC User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:u9vwyFvc8bvGDZg4cgldrChBzOE= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134047 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:29608 Archived-At: Ralf Angeli writes: > * Mathias Dahl (2005-09-20) writes: > >>>> emacs -q --load ~/.emacs2 >>> >>> OK, thanks everyone. >> >> One problem with this solution is that any customizations the user >> might do (using M-x customize), will be saved to ~/.emacs and not the >> alternative init file. >> >> Does anyone have any solution for this? Sometimes I want to start a >> more "light" Emacs with a smaller init file, but still be able to use >> the customize tool and save that to my smaller init file. > > See (info "(emacs)Saving Customizations") in a CVS Emacs' info > documentation or `C-h v custom-file RET'. Aaah, great! That *exactly* what I wanted, thanks! /Mathias