From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Mac terminal.app: starting emacs, possibly as sudo Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:34:36 +0200 Message-ID: <7722128C-CD3D-4C2F-86F9-552BC2A3E976@Web.DE> References: <300A41B7-78F8-422C-BF95-6FFEF947E79A@math.ethz.ch> <18107B2C-4BE2-40D9-90C5-02BCD0CF0DEF@Web.DE> <9C6F07E1-F15F-444D-B7D3-72C431393461@math.ethz.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318847696 11758 80.91.229.12 (17 Oct 2011 10:34:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs help To: Marius Hofert Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 17 12:34:52 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkWx-00037Z-DY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:34:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41083 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkWw-0004Bl-Mh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:34:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45649) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkWq-00044x-5l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:34:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkWn-0001D7-KY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:34:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:33212) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkWl-0001CG-St for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:34:41 -0400 Original-Received: from moweb002.kundenserver.de (moweb002.kundenserver.de [172.19.20.108]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA72C1A3B77B9 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:34:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from peter-dyballas-macbook-pro.fritz.box ([88.153.242.186]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb001) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MOSAP-1RAXSS0v93-005XYG; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:34:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: <9C6F07E1-F15F-444D-B7D3-72C431393461@math.ethz.ch> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:1gEeb8YPKStdd7Ggar8UiIMnuYHnAMqGEHZtokcLT4U Wy4TtmOwReVLvyYrx2xxXtjtWBT3n4JY60LHAjyNo5au5Jl6gG J3aodq8SrZdRNGjrHwM/7K/ri4mlw6vXOam1hHIY4dS1FROT33 NMnBMmE7nQ5HFWImaAsQ+2Pti+bXrkcZZVXzYXcl/rTSnOJpn5 zR5HcqvygxNLn0dCUVncg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-Received-From: 217.72.192.234 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82590 Archived-At: Am 17.10.2011 um 09:34 schrieb Marius Hofert: > =3D> Are there any other significant changes I should be aware of? C-h i m Emacs RET and then navigate to the documentation of your GNU = Emacs variant. Google is another option. > =3D> Is it possible to get the same/similar behavior as in the GUI, = maybe through simply redefining root's .emacs and .emacs.d as my own? = (bad practice?) Root can launch its Emacs with the -u or --user option. > But by closing and reopening all my modifications to the file are = lost. How can one avoid this? Then don't close it! With a few GB of swap you can keep a few (million) = files open. -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for =AB = entrepreneur =BB. =96 Georges W. Bush