Re: how can tell emacs not to load desktop when invoked by mutt?

[Alan Mackenzie<none@example.invalid>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote on 24 Apr 2003 03:45:44 +0200:
> wang yin <wy@wangyin.com> writes:

>> I set my mutt's editor variable to "emacs -nw" :)
>> But I use the "desktop package". So every time I reply a mail, emacs
>> will start over again and load ~/.emacs

> You rather want to look up "emacsclient" in th Emacs manual.

That's not to say that "emacs --no-desktop" wouldn't be a useful thing.

Particularly when debugging problems which happen at start-up (which I
was doing last night), or when one wants "just" to edit a quick textfile.

In fact, this ability to start quickly is an excellent reason to use vim
or even notepad.

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