From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: change location of .emacs
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:26:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <utzxekecn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrnetp7jf.d0r.bergv@bolmikolke.math.uiuc.edu> (message from Maarten Bergvelt on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:33:03 +0000 (UTC))
> From: Maarten Bergvelt <bergv@math.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:33:03 +0000 (UTC)
> >>
> >> emacs -q -l lispdirectory/your.emacs.file
> >
> > This suggestion could have surprising effects, as loading .emacs via
> > the -l switch is subtly different from what Emacs does when it finds
> > .emacs in the user's home directory.
>
> Hm, I didn't realize this. What can go wrong?
Emacs loads .emacs at a specific stage in its initialization; doing
that after the initialization will work differently. For example,
initial-frame-alist will not have its full effect.
> Well, the OP didn't want to have a .emacs in his home directory, if I
> understood him correctly.
I think he only wanted to maintain the bulk of it elsewhere. But
that's a guess; you may well be right (although I fail to see how the
existence of .emacs can be of any burden).
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-21 16:49 change location of .emacs Hadron
2007-02-21 17:05 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2007-02-21 17:20 ` Hadron
2007-02-21 17:36 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2007-02-21 19:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.4858.1172085400.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-02-21 19:33 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2007-02-22 4:26 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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