Selecting diferent init file from command switch

Selecting diferent init file from command switch

[TheLonelyStar]

Hello,

I use emacs:
a) As an IDE
b) As an simple Editor for my configs

For the IDE I am loading a lot of stuff like cedet and ecb.
For the simple Editor, I do not/need that.

So I created 2 different init files: .emacs-ide, .emacs-editor!

But I do I tell emacs, that it should not loa ~/.emacs but i.E.
~/.emacs-ide???

Thanks!
Nathan
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Re: Selecting diferent init file from command switch

[Bernardo Bacic]

looking at "emacs --help" output, i'd say "emacs -Q --load <some_dot_emacs>" 
should work

it was a dark and stormy night when TheLonelyStar said,
> Hello,
> 
> I use emacs:
> a) As an IDE
> b) As an simple Editor for my configs
> 
> For the IDE I am loading a lot of stuff like cedet and ecb.
> For the simple Editor, I do not/need that.
> 
> So I created 2 different init files: .emacs-ide, .emacs-editor!
> 
> But I do I tell emacs, that it should not loa ~/.emacs but i.E.
> ~/.emacs-ide???
> 
> Thanks!
> Nathan

Re: Selecting diferent init file from command switch

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 24.08.2008 um 12:48 schrieb TheLonelyStar:

> But I do I tell emacs, that it should not loa ~/.emacs but i.E.
> ~/.emacs-ide???

emacs -d that none of your init files is loaded, then add -l <file>.

A simple emacs --help can be so helpful!

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Re: Selecting diferent init file from command switch

[David Hansen]

> So I created 2 different init files: .emacs-ide, .emacs-editor!
>
> But I do I tell emacs, that it should not loa ~/.emacs but i.E.
> ~/.emacs-ide???

You can set $HOME to get emacs load a ".emacs" from another directory.

David

Re: Selecting diferent init file from command switch

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:

>> So I created 2 different init files: .emacs-ide, .emacs-editor!
>>
>> But I do I tell emacs, that it should not loa ~/.emacs but i.E.
>> ~/.emacs-ide???
>
> You can set $HOME to get emacs load a ".emacs" from another directory.


I would rather propose a different solution.

You can have one ~/.emacs  that will check the command-line-args
variable for arguments specific to each usage:


(let ((pname (file-namestring (first command-line-args))))
 (cond
  ((string= "emacs-ide" pname)
   
    ;; do ide specific initialization

    )
  ((string= "emacs-quick-edit" pname)
   
    ;; do quick-edit specific initialization

    )
  (t
    
    ;; do default emacs specific initialization

    )))

and use symbolic links to emacs named emacs-ide and emacs-quick-edit.



If you really want to keep your initializations in different files,
then you can use in ~/.emacs:

(let ((pname (file-namestring (first command-line-args))))
  (cond
    ((string= pname "emacs")
      
      ;; do default emacs specific initialization

      )
    (t
      (load (format nil "~/.%s" pname)))))
    

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Re: Selecting diferent init file from command switch

[Chat]

TheLonelyStar <nabble@lonely-star.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I use emacs:
> a) As an IDE
> b) As an simple Editor for my configs
>
> For the IDE I am loading a lot of stuff like cedet and ecb.
> For the simple Editor, I do not/need that.
>
> So I created 2 different init files: .emacs-ide, .emacs-editor!
>
> But I do I tell emacs, that it should not loa ~/.emacs but i.E.
> ~/.emacs-ide???
>
> Thanks!
> Nathan
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I prefer to keep a .emacs file for common customizations and load or not load
files depending on the requirement.

To avoid loading gnuserv with multiple instances, I invoke as
emacs --val "(setq nobs 1)"

and in my .emacs
(when (not (boundp 'nobs))
      ;; gnuserv specific code
)