From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how can tell emacs not to load desktop when invoked by mutt? Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:29:05 +0000 Organization: muc.de e.V. -- private internet access Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1o388b.r5.ln@acm.acm> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051215200 16153 80.91.224.249 (24 Apr 2003 20:13:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 24 10:31:07 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 198buG-0002JX-00 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:16:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 198btg-0003aQ-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 04:16:00 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!news.muc.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: acm.muc.de Original-X-Trace: marvin.muc.de 1051171478 28712 193.149.49.134 (24 Apr 2003 08:04:38 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news-admin@muc.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Apr 2003 08:04:38 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.35 (i686)) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112261 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8790 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8790 David Kastrup wrote on 24 Apr 2003 03:45:44 +0200: > wang yin 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. > -- > David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").