From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonathan Groll Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .emacs file in root? Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:29:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20080418122917.GE19413@groll.co.za> References: <480881a5$0$90267$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208611481 8324 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2008 13:24:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:24:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: saneman Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 19 15:25:04 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JmpkE-0001ax-SS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:31:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JmpjY-0007Gw-QD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:30:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JmpiT-0006sy-Ct for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:29:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JmpiS-0006sU-1r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:29:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JmpiR-0006sO-Q2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:29:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.groll.co.za ([67.18.176.185]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JmpiR-0000z5-JL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:29:19 -0400 Original-Received: by mail.groll.co.za (Postfix, from userid 1004) id E1FFB1C59F1; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:29:17 +0200 (SAST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <480881a5$0$90267$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (Linux mail 2.6.18.8-domU-linode7 i686) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:53382 Archived-At: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 01:11:31PM +0200, saneman wrote: > When I open a root file with emacs it does not use my settings specified > in my ~/.emacs. If you use "sudo emacs" you should get what you want. Cheers, Jonathan