From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mac Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Loading local .emacs from remote machine Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 07:44:35 GMT Organization: Telia Internet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <811y2ldexb.fsf@kwikemart.springfield.se> References: <848ywwtur8.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044517421 29565 80.91.224.249 (6 Feb 2003 07:43:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 07:43:41 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ggh9-0007gi-00 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:43:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ggiv-0004my-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 02:45:29 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!zen.net.uk!news-stoc.telia.net!news-stoa.telia.net!news.latnet.lv!news-stob.telia.net!telia.net!194.22.194.4.MISMATCH!masternews.telia.net.!newsc.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386-unknown-freebsd4.5) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qgmAczIH2CsaT5s8i9DldAhdggs= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.208.106.64 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com Original-X-Trace: newsc.telia.net 1044517475 217.208.106.64 (Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:44:35 CET) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:44:35 CET Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109848 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6353 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6353 En dag, närmare bestämt 2003-02-04, plitade Kai Großjohann ner: > gebser@ameritech.net writes: > >> I'm using X via ssh to open emacs on a remote machine but which >> pops open a frame on my local box. This is extremely cool, but how >> can I have it load my local ".emacs" file when it does? > > Try M-x load-file RET /user@host:/path/to/.emacs RET. This logs > into host via ftp. Then there is Tramp which allows you to use ssh > instead of ftp. (Warning: I started Tramp.) > > I think what I would do is to set up a CVS repository and put my dot > files in there, then write a Makefile that sets up symlinks from > $HOME to the locations in the CVS repository. Could anyone elaborate on which files the Makefile actually would create links to. I don't get it, but I really like the described end result. > (That's actually what I did.) Then it becomes easy to access your > dot files from anywhere, and also the modifications will propagate > if you check in on your main machine and regularly update on the > clients (or client's). /mac