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From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu>
To: emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: emacs idiom for sudo
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:38:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46525788.8080306@gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87646okr78.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net>

Eric Hanchrow wrote:
>     Is there a more convenient way for doing 'root-things' than
>     -- get out of emacs (maybe suspend)
>     -- start a shell
>     -- sudo editor (usually vi) OR su ... password... editor
> 
> Indeed there is -- use "tramp", by doing, e.g.,
> 
>         C-x C-f /sudo::/etc/passwd RET

Thanks!  A little hackish, but it works.

Matt Flaschen

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-22  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-20  4:01 emacs idiom for sudo Rustom Mody
2007-05-20  5:19 ` Eric Hanchrow
2007-05-21 12:07   ` Rustom Mody
2007-05-22  2:38   ` Matthew Flaschen [this message]
2007-05-22  4:38 ` Xavier Maillard
     [not found] <mailman.880.1179633671.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-20  5:58 ` Tim X
2007-05-22  4:18   ` Amy Templeton
     [not found]   ` <mailman.947.1179807172.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-22  8:29     ` Tim X
2007-05-22 14:25       ` foo@bar.baz
2007-05-22 17:11         ` Peter Dyballa
2007-05-22 21:45         ` Xavier Maillard
2007-05-23  4:13         ` Tim X
2007-05-22 20:45       ` Michael Albinus
     [not found]       ` <mailman.1025.1179866756.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-23  4:18         ` Tim X
2007-05-22 22:53     ` David Kastrup
2007-05-23 10:33       ` reader
2007-05-23 12:02         ` Peter Dyballa

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