From: Sean Devlin <spd@toadstyle.org>
To: 72294@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72294: 29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file elsewhere
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:12:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5F9F4A78-8D6D-43B9-9304-641D54AF472E@toadstyle.org> (raw)
Hi folks,
Recipe:
1. emacs --init-directory=/tmp/emacs
2. M-: user-init-file RET
The user-init-file is ~/.emacs, despite the flag to use /tmp/emacs as
the init directory.
Maybe this is intended behavior, but I found it confusing. The manual
says this about the flag:
"Specify the directory to use when looking for the Emacs init files."
I interpreted this to mean all init files, including the user-init-file.
A workaround is to create /tmp/emacs/init.el before starting Emacs:
1. mkdir -p /tmp/emacs
2. touch /tmp/emacs/init.el
3. emacs --init-directory=/tmp/emacs
Thanks!
In GNU Emacs 29.2 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, NS
appkit-2113.60 Version 12.6.6 (Build 21G646)) of 2024-01-18 built on
armbob.lan
Windowing system distributor 'Apple'
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next reply other threads:[~2024-07-25 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-25 16:12 Sean Devlin [this message]
2024-07-25 18:56 ` bug#72294: 29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file elsewhere Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-25 19:59 ` Sean Devlin
2024-07-26 6:15 ` Robert Pluim
2024-07-26 10:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-26 12:00 ` Robert Pluim
2024-07-26 12:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-26 12:14 ` Robert Pluim
2024-07-26 13:48 ` Sean Devlin
2024-07-26 13:51 ` Robert Pluim
2024-07-26 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-26 13:49 ` Sean Devlin
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